Wharton PE/VC Conference 2026

2026-04-17 · New York

Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania

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At a glance

Theme
Beyond Resilience: Private Capital in an Age of Reinvention
Sectors
Fintech

Speakers, judges and hosts

  • Adam Griffin — Partner, Debt Finance, Kirkland & Ellis (Speaker)
  • Alexander Thorn — Principal, H.I.G. Capital (Speaker)
  • Alexis Kwon — Global Relationship Manager, Citco Fund Services (Speaker)
  • Amish Jani — Co-Founder and Partner, FirstMark (Speaker)
  • Andrew DiGeronimo — Managing Director and Co-Head, Partnership Solutions, Warburg Pincus (Speaker)
  • Andrew J. Fadale — Partner, Sidley (Speaker)
  • Angelo Rufino — Partner, Bain Capital (Speaker)
  • Arvindh Kumar — Partner and Co-Head, Global Technology Sector Team, EQT (Speaker)
  • Bernhard Gapp — Private Equity Operating Executive, KKR (Speaker)
  • Brent Vartan — Co-Founder and Managing Partner, Bullish (Speaker)
  • Brian Himot — Head, Structured Capital, SVPGlobal (Speaker)
  • Bryan Barnett — Vice President, Serent Capital (Speaker)
  • Carla Arellano — Operating Partner, InTandem Capital Partners (Speaker)
  • Charles Davis — Chairman and Co-Chief Executive Officer, Stone Point Capital (Speaker)
  • Christopher Dell’Amore — Managing Director, Infrastructure Group, Blackstone (Speaker)
  • Cullen L. Sinclair — Partner, Paul Weiss (Speaker)
  • Daniel Wang — Managing Director, HPS Investment Partners (Speaker)
  • Dave Dase — Co-Head, Sports Franchise, Investment Banking, Goldman Sachs (Speaker)
  • David Rubin — Vice President, Private Credit, Investcorp (Speaker)
  • David Stein — Partner, OceanSound (Speaker)
  • Derek Mills — Managing Director, Permira (Speaker)
  • Duncan Robertson — MBA Student, The Wharton School (Speaker)
  • Emma Ohanian — MBA Student, The Wharton School (Speaker)
  • Ian Gutwinski — Founder and CEO, Mosaic (Speaker)
  • Ian Samuels — Founder & Managing Partner, New System Ventures (Speaker)
  • James Forsyth — Vice President, Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners (Speaker)
  • James Nelson — Principal and Head, U.S. Investment Sales, Avison Young (Speaker)
  • Jana Markowicz — Partner, Chief Operating Officer, US Direct Lending, Ares Credit Group (Speaker)
  • Jay Fischer — Managing Director, Investments, CIM Group (Speaker)
  • Jeremy Weisberg — Managing Partner, A&M Capital (Speaker)
  • John Kopec — Managing Director, CVC Secondary Partners (Speaker)
  • John Kwaak — Founder and Managing Partner, Zero Infinity Partners (Speaker)
  • Jordan Zaken — Founding Partner, Gamut Capital Management (Speaker)
  • Joseph Goldschmid — Portfolio Manager & Partner, Oak Hill Advisors (Speaker)
  • Josh Jagota — Principal, Alpaca VC (Speaker)
  • K. Don Cornwell — Co-Founder and CEO, Dynasty Equity (Speaker)
  • Kelly Cheng — MBA Student, The Wharton School (Speaker)
  • Kevin Kaiser — Adjunct Full Professor of Finance, The Wharton School (Speaker)
  • Konstantin Mehl — Founder and CEO, Daneel Dynamics (Speaker)
  • Manning Doherty — Head of Infrastructure, North America, GIC (Speaker)
  • Mark Solovy — Managing Director and Co-Head, Technology Finance Group, Monroe (Speaker)
  • Marshall P. Shaffer, P.C. — Partner, Kirkland & Ellis LLP (Speaker)
  • Martin Torres — Managing Director, Wren House (Speaker)
  • Matthew Dorr — Principal, General Atlantic (Speaker)
  • Matt Streisfeld — General Partner, Oak HC/FT (Speaker)
  • Michael J. Franco — President and CFO, Vornado Realty Trust (Speaker)
  • Naomi Goez — Partner, Forum Ventures (Speaker)
  • Neal Costello — Managing Director, New Mountain Capital (Speaker)
  • Paul Benfield — Vice President, Strategy, Forterra (Speaker)
  • Perry Golkin — CEO and Founder, Public Pension Capital (Speaker)
  • Peter Lewis — Founder and Chairman, Wharton Equity Partners (Speaker)
  • Phil Morgan — Vice President, Tower Arch Capital (Speaker)
  • Rob Ruberton — Co-Founder and Portfolio Manager, Lane42 (Speaker)
  • Roger Golub — Vice President, Lazard (Speaker)
  • Saanal Deshpande — MBA Student, The Wharton School (Speaker)
  • Soham Dharmadhikary — Associate, Financial Services, Warburg Pincus (Speaker)
  • Sung Pak — Partner, Paul Weiss (Speaker)
  • Szu-Raj Kothari — Vice President, Flagship Private Equity Team, Veritas Capital (Speaker)
  • Timothy Lee — Principal, GI Partners (Speaker)
  • Tony Pezzullo — Partner, SignalFire (Speaker)
  • Viman Singh — Principal, Tarsadia (Speaker)
  • Wesley Tillu — Partner, S32 (Speaker)
  • Winston Chen — Co-Head, Investments, CleanCapital (Speaker)
  • Yash Gupta — Managing Director, GP Solutions, H.I.G. Capital (Speaker)

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