Dan Schwartz
Dan Schwartz has over 40 years’ experience in the financial and publishing industries. Dan began his career on Wall Street. An innovative entrepreneur, he setup his own securities firm (Ulmer Brothers); turned around a struggling financial publication, the Asian Venture Capital Journal in Hong Kong, which was bought out by a British acquiror; and founded the world’s first digital media delivery platform for print publications Qiosk.com, sold to a Canadian buyer. He also invested successfully in DCG, a cryptocurrency firm and some other less successful ventures (!).
In 2014, Dan was elected to a four-year term as Nevada State Treasurer (2015-2019). During his term, Dan revamped the State’s investment program, quintupling (5x) returns on the General Fund; was the first to question the largest tax increase in Nevada history; successfully defeated a scheme to fund the Faraday Future project in North Las Vegas, sparing Nevada taxpayers $175M in defaulted bonds; and, led the charge on parental choice (ESAs), registering 10,000 students before the program fell to political bickering. He launched a College Savings Program aimed at creating a “culture of education” in the state; and, reduced the processing period in unclaimed property from 120 to 25 days. In 2020, Dan ran for and was defeated in the Republican primary for a Congressional seat.
Dan has authored two books (both available on Amazon): The Future of Finance: How Private Equity and Venture Capital Will Shape the Global Economy (Wiley, 2012); and Principals of the American Republic (Sturdy Oak Press). Dan grew up in suburban Chicago and received his undergraduate degree from Princeton, J.D. from Boston University, and MBA from Columbia. He is also a member of the Illinois bar.