Obama Foundation

Honorary Advisory Board Member: Robert Wolf

Robert Wolf is an expert financier and influential business leader. He is the founder and CEO of 32 Advisors, a boutique consulting and advisory firm, and the Chairman and Co-Founder of Measure, an aerial intelligence  company. He has been named to Worth Magazine's 100 Most Powerful People in Finance multiple times, most recently in 2018. He is a regular contributor to Fox News and Fox Business.

Wolf’s firm, 32 Advisors, includes the direct investing arm 32 Ventures, the bi-partisan economic insights platform Strategic Worldviews and the Flint, Michigan accelerator group 100K Ventures. Prior to forming 32 Advisors, Wolf spent 18 years at Union Bank Switzerland, a global financial services firm. There he held several senior positions, including Chairman and CEO of UBS Americas, and President & Chief Operating Officer of UBS Investment Bank. He joined UBS in 1994 after spending approximately 10 years at Salomon Brothers.

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Wolf held three Presidential appointments under President Obama; as a member of the Economic Recovery Advisory Board, the Council on Jobs and Competitiveness, and the Export Council. In 2012, he was on the Homeland Security Advisory Council's Border Infrastructure Task Force. Currently, he serves on the Board of Directors of the Obama Foundation, on the Undergraduate Executive Board of the Wharton School, on the Economic Advisory Council for the Center for American Progress and on the board of the Partnership for NYC. He formerly served as Vice Chairman of the Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice & Human Rights, on the board of trustees of the Children's Aid Society, and on the Athletics Board of Overseers at UPenn. He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, and serves on the Committee Encouraging Corporate Philanthropy.

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Wolf received a B.S. in Economics from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. While at UPenn, he played on the varsity football team that won IVY League Championships in both the 1982 and 1983 seasons. He currently resides in Purchase, NY. He grew up in Marblehead, MA and is in the town's Athletics Hall of Fame. His wife, Carol, is a Director of Events & Strategic Partnerships at Sandy Hook Promise.

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The Common Good was pleased to have Wolf moderate the 2019 event Global Challenges: Facts and Fears in Our New Era with Richard Haass. Wolf currently serves as a member of The Common Good Honorary Advisory Board.

Twitter: @robertwolf32

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