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John Wolak
Senior Advisor | 35 years industry experience
John Wolak
Senior Advisor 35 years industry experience
Biography
John is a Senior Advisor to the Morgan Stanley Private Equity Solutions Team and a member of its Investment Committee. John joined the Morgan Stanley Private Equity Solutions team in 2002 and from 2013 to 2020 he was the Head of the Morgan Stanley Private Equity Solutions Team and Co-Head of the Morgan Stanley Private Equity Secondaries Team. Prior to joining the firm, John was a portfolio manager in the private equity group of DuPont Capital Management where he was responsible for managing a private equity portfolio of partnership, secondary and direct investments. While at DuPont Capital, he was a member of over 15 advisory boards and a member of the Investment Committee of Emerging Europe Capital Investors, an Eastern European private equity fund. John is also a founding member of Wilton Asset Management, a joint venture fund-of-funds business with State Street Global Advisors. Previously, he was a vice president at Bank of America where he was responsible for originating, structuring and negotiating financing for leveraged buyouts as well as assisting clients with private capital raising activities. Before that, John was with Brout & Co. He received a B.S. in Accounting from BlooMorgan Stanleyburg University and an M.B.A. from the University of Notre Dame. John holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation and is a Certified Public Accountant.