Dan Nash: Behind the Numbers – From Wells Fargo to CFO to SPACs

From Silicon Valley roots to Facebook and LinkedIn IPOs, then leading SPACs and crypto deals — Dan Nash shares what really happens behind the numbers.

What we cover

• Dan’s path: Pinewood → UPenn → Intel → Riverstone Networks IPO → Berkeley Haas → BofA/Merrill real estate → tech/Internet banking

• Front-row seat to the 2010s IPO wave (LinkedIn, Facebook) and building Wells Fargo’s Internet investment banking practice (Carvana, marketplaces)

• Jump to the operator seat as CFO at Machine Zone — and why he returned to banking

• SPACs: how he caught the early wave, what went wrong in the boom/bust, and a playbook for doing them right

• Today’s market: the IPO backlog, why de‑SPACs can be more flexible than traditional IPOs, and where boutique banks win

• Crypto & new verticals: why certain disruptive sectors fit the SPAC product

• Tokenization in real estate: how fractional ownership and liquidity could open access for retail investors

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