David Weild IV

Founder, Chairman & CEO
Weild & Co. Inc

David Weild IV is an American investment banker, financial commentator and former Vice Chairman of NASDAQ. He is currently the Founder, Chairman and CEO of Weild & Co. Inc., parent company of the investment banking firm Weild Capital, LLC.[1] Weild is also known as the "father" of the JOBS Act, and involved in policy discussions including drafting legislation for the US Congress.[2]

Weild graduated from Hotchkiss School preparatory in 1974, then went on to earn a B.A. from Wesleyan and an M.B.A. from New York University's Stern School of Business.[3]

Weild held senior management roles at Prudential Securities during the initial 14 years of his career.[3] In the mid-1990s, he served as head of global equity transactions.[4] In 1999, he transitioned from leading the firm’s technology investment banking business to oversee PrudentialSecurities.com[5] and later managed customer-facing internet services within Prudential Financial.[6]

He subsequently joined NASDAQ,[7] where he served as executive vice president for corporate clients and later as vice chairman.[8] He left the organization in July 2003[9] to become CEO of the National Research Exchange.[10] He later founded Capital Markets Advisory Partners and simultaneously led the Capital Markets Group of Grant Thornton LLP.[8][11] Capital Markets Advisory Partners was later renamed Weild & Co. Holdings.[12]

In December 2002, he was elected as Chairman Emeritus of Tuesday’s Children, a charity organization which supports families affected by 9/11 and US military families that lost a family member.[13]