Daniel Och

Daniel Och (born 1961) is the billionaire Chairman and CEO of Och-Ziff Capital Management Group - a hedge fund and asset management company. Och founded the firm in 1994.bloomberg.com Och-Ziff Capital Managemen-A (OZM:New York). Accessed 17 June 2015. The company currently oversees more than $46 billion.forbes.com The Highest-Earning Hedge Fund Managers & Traders. Accessed 17 June 2015. The company has been embroiled in a number of controversies regarding its investments in Africa.powerbase.info Och-Ziff Capital Management Group. Accessed 19 June 2015.
He is the founder and a trustee of the Jane and Daniel Och Family Foundation, a 501(c)(3) non profit foundation based in New York. The foundation supports a number of pro-Israel causes. He received his B.S. in Finance from the The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.bloomberg.com Och-Ziff Capital Managemen-A (OZM:New York). Accessed 17 June 2015. 
==Wealth==
In 2015 Och was listed by Forbes at number sixteen in its ranking of the 'Highest-Earning Hedge Fund Managers & Traders'.forbes.com The Highest-Earning Hedge Fund Managers & Traders. Accessed 17 June 2015. As of fiscal year 2014 his total calculated compensation was $1,141,613 and in 2015 his net worth was calculated at $3.9 Billion.forbes.com The Highest-Earning Hedge Fund Managers & Traders. Accessed 17 June 2015. In 2015 he was ranked by Forbes as the 452nd richest billionaire in the world and the 150th richest billionaire within the United States.forbes.com The Highest-Earning Hedge Fund Managers & Traders. Accessed 17 June 2015. bloomberg.com Och-Ziff Capital Managemen-A (OZM:New York). Accessed 17 June 2015. Och owns a 7,000 square-foot mansion in The Hamptons valued at more than $20 million.Charlene Adams, Billionaire Lane: From fashion designers to real estate tycoons and Wall Street financiers. Meet those who live on the East Coast's most exclusive 5-mile stretch with a private beach and helipad, Mail Online, 23 May 2015. He also owns a $41 million penthouse at 15 Central Park West and a $20.3 million mansion in Aspen, Colorado.Staff, Hedge Clippers Take On Daniel Och “The Wolf Of Wall Street”, Value Walk, 8 May 2015. 
==Affiliations==
*Och-Ziff Capital Management Group - (Chief Executive Officer, Executive Managing Director, Chairman of the Board of Directors and former President)
*OZ Management L.P. (Chief Executive Officer and Executive Managing Director)
*OZ Management LLC (President) 
*Och-Ziff Management Europe Limited (Chief Executive Officer and Director)
*Och-Ziff Capital Management Hong Kong Limited (Officer and Director)
*Och-Ziff Japan Limited (Officer and Director)
*Och-Ziff India Private Limited (Officer and Director)
*Cyrus Capital Partners, L.P. (Founder)
*Goldman, Sachs & Co. (Vice President 1987 - 1999)
*U.S. Equities Trading (Head of Proprietary Trading in the Equities Division and Co-Head of U.S. Equities Trading)
*Robin Hood Foundation (Vice Chairman)
*Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts (Director)
*United Jewish Federation (Director)
*City Harvest (Director)
*NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital (Trustee)
*Birthright Israel Foundation (Member of Executive Committee)bloomberg.com Och-Ziff Capital Managemen-A (OZM:New York). Accessed 17 June 2015. Birthright Israel Foundation Website Board of Directors. Accessed 17 June 2015.
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Category:Israel