Daniel Zamlong
Managing Director
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- Full Name
- Daniel ("Dan") Zamlong
- Title
- Managing Director
- Firm
- Warburg Pincus LLC
- Firm Type
- Private equity / growth investor (large-cap buyout and growth equity) — *not an angel investor*
- Investment Stage
- Later-stage private equity — control buyouts, platform builds, and growth equity (not seed)
- Check Size
- Large-cap equity checks; Warburg Pincus has deployed over $3 billion across its aerospace & defense platforms
- Target Company Profile
- Established industrials, aerospace/defense, industrial-technology, and specialty-chemical businesses; carve-outs, platform roll-ups, and market leaders
- Sector Focus
- Aerospace & defense, industrial technology, specialty chemicals, industrial & business services
- Geographic Focus
- Primarily North America, with global reach through Warburg Pincus's platforms
- Location
- New York, NY
Background
Dan Zamlong is a Managing Director at Warburg Pincus, which he joined in 2002 as part of the firm's industrials/business-services investment team. He leads the firm's investing across the aerospace & defense, industrial technology, and specialty chemical sectors — an area where Warburg Pincus has built a substantial franchise, having invested more than $3 billion across platforms spanning the aerospace value chain.
Before Warburg Pincus, Zamlong worked in the Mergers & Acquisitions group at Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette and in the Technology M&A group at Credit Suisse (which acquired DLJ). He earned a BS in Economics from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.
He currently sits on the boards of several Warburg Pincus portfolio companies, including Aquila Air Capital, Consolidated Precision Products (CPP), Duravant, iNRCORE, Pregis, and Sundyne. His past investment involvement includes TransDigm Group, Extant Aerospace, Wencor Group, The Neiman Marcus Group, and Aramark Corporation.
Outside the firm, Zamlong is Board Chairman of New York Professional Advisors for Community Entrepreneurs (NYPACE), a nonprofit consulting organization that assists entrepreneurs from under-resourced backgrounds, and an Advisory Board Member of the New York Private Equity Network (NYPEN).
Investment Thesis & Focus
- Stage: Institutional private equity, not angel/seed. Zamlong leads control buyouts, corporate carve-outs, and platform build-ups, plus selective growth equity — writing large equity checks backed by Warburg Pincus's multi-billion-dollar funds.
- Sectors: Deep specialization in aerospace & defense, industrial technology, and specialty chemicals, part of the firm's broader Industrial & Business Services practice.
- Playbook: Building and scaling sector platforms — e.g., launching Aquila Air Capital (2021) as a purpose-built commercial-aerospace specialty-finance franchise, and backing supply-chain leaders like CPP, TransDigm, and Wencor across the A&D value chain.
- What makes him say yes: Market-leading or leadership-capable industrial businesses with defensible positions, opportunities for operational improvement and consolidation, and durable end-market demand in aerospace, defense, and industrial technology.
Notable Investments
- Aquila Air Capital — Commercial-aerospace specialty finance platform launched by Warburg Pincus in 2021 (purchasing, financing, leasing mid/late-life aircraft & engines); sold to Wafra in Q4 2024. Zamlong serves as a director.
- TRIUMPH Group — Aerospace structures/systems company taken private by Warburg Pincus and Berkshire Partners; acquisition completed in 2025.
- Consolidated Precision Products (CPP) — Aerospace & defense castings/components manufacturer; board seat.
- TransDigm Group — Highly engineered aerospace components supplier; prior Warburg Pincus investment.
- Wencor Group — Aftermarket aerospace parts and distribution; prior investment.
- Extant Aerospace — Aerospace legacy-product acquisition platform; prior involvement.
- iNRCORE — Electronic components/magnetics maker serving aerospace and industrial markets; board seat.
- Sundyne — Industrial pumps and compressors; board seat.
- Duravant — Automation and engineered equipment for food and industrial processing; board seat.
- Pregis — Protective packaging manufacturer; board seat.
- Neiman Marcus Group / Aramark Corporation — Earlier-career Warburg Pincus deals he was involved in.
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