Dave Wahrhaftig

Senior Advisory Partner & MD at Kelso & Company

Dave joined Kelso in 1987. He spent the preceding five years as an Associate Director of Mergers and Acquisitions with Arthur Young & Company.

Dave is currently a director of Augusta Sportswear, Nivel and Renfro. He has served as a director on the boards of many Kelso portfolio companies, including BWAY, DS Waters, Endo Pharmaceuticals, KAR Auction Services, TransDigm and Unilab.

Dave earned an M.B.A. from Wake Forest University in 1982 and received a B.A. in Economics from Western Maryland College in 1980. He is currently a Trustee and Chair of the Audit and Compliance Committee of Wake Forest University and a member of the Wake Forest University School of Business Board of Visitors


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Kelso & Company

Kelso has been investing in private equity for nearly 40 years. Kelso’s industry-leading alignment of interest and partnership approach date back to its founder, Louis Kelso, who is commonly referred to as the inventor of the Employee Stock Ownership Plan (or ESOP). Kelso benefits from a successful investment track record, a long-tenured and stable investing team, and a reputation as a preferred partner to management teams and corporates.


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