Featured Speaker

Alan Scharfstein

Alan J. Scharfstein is the President of The DAK Group. He founded DAK in 1984 based upon his belief that mid-market firms deserved the same high level of investment banking expertise that large public corporations received from Wall Street firms. He has personally been involved in negotiating hundreds of Sell Side and Buy Side transactions in a wide range of industries over the past 30 years.

 Mr. Scharfstein is a frequent lecturer on growth and exit strategies of privately held businesses, valuation and negotiation strategies. He has been quoted and written about in such publications as the Wall Street Journal, Business Week, Financial Times and Time Magazine and has appeared on CNBC’s Squawk Box. Mr. Scharfstein received a BS in Economics and MBA from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.