Lightyear Capital Names Daniel Freyman Vice President
04.29.2007
NEW YORK, NY (April 29, 2007) – Lightyear Capital LLC (“Lightyear”), a private equity firm focused on financial services, announced the recent appointment of Daniel S. Freyman as Vice President. Mr. Freyman will primarily focus on evaluating and executing new deals.
Mr. Freyman spent the last eight years in the Financial Institutions Group at Credit Suisse, most recently as a Director, where he advised on mergers and acquisitions, capital markets, and other transactions. Throughout his career, Mr. Freyman has developed significant industry knowledge across a broad range of sectors within financial services, including insurance, asset management, and specialty finance. Prior to joining Credit Suisse, Mr. Freyman worked at Alex. Brown Incorporated, where he focused on specialty finance, insurance, and real estate. Mr. Freyman holds a B.S. in Applied Economics and Business Management from Cornell University.
“We are excited to have Dan join our team, as his substantial experience will enable him to add value to Lightyear’s current and future investments,” said Mark F. Vassallo, Managing Director at Lightyear.
ABOUT LIGHTYEAR CAPITAL
Lightyear is a private equity investment firm providing buyout and growth capital to companies in the financial services industry. Based in New York, Lightyear, through its affiliated funds, has managed approximately $3 billion of committed capital with investments across the financial services spectrum, including asset management, banking, brokerage, financial technology, insurance, leasing and related business services, and other sectors within financial services. Lightyear brings unique strengths and discipline to its investment process, as well as operating, transaction, and strategic management experience, along with significant contacts and resources beyond capital. The senior team of professionals has an average of 20 years of financial services-related experience and includes David Glenn, Stewart Gross, Donald Marron, Richard Sterne, and Mark Vassallo.
For more information, please visit www.lycap.com.