Daniel Black

Daniel Black is an Operating Partner at Farol Asset Management, LP, bringing more than two decades of buy-and-build private equity experience to the firm’s investment and portfolio activities. Daniel joined The Wicks Group in June 2003. As a Managing Partner, he was involved in all of Wicks’ investment and management activities and served on the boards of directors of all of their operating companies.

Prior to joining Wicks, Daniel was Managing Director and Co-Head of Merchant Banking at The Bank of New York, where he was responsible for investing the firm’s capital in private equity partnerships, the overall management and strategy of the merchant bank, and relationship management with private equity firms. He was also responsible for originating mergers and acquisitions, mezzanine investments and leveraged finance transactions. Daniel was on the investment committee of BNY Partners Funds, a fund-of-funds partnership for high-net-worth individuals to invest in private equity.

Daniel was previously Senior Vice President and Co-Head of U.S. Corporate Banking, Senior Vice President and Manager of the Los Angeles Corporate Banking Office, and a member of the corporate credit committee. He is a director of the Advent Claymore Group of closed-end mutual funds.

Daniel received his A.B. in government from Dartmouth College.