Bio

Dan Sholem is a Managing Director at Peakstone Group where he is responsible for transaction origination and execution. Dan brings over 20 years of experience in corporate finance, primarily focused on advising clients on debt and equity financing to fund a variety of equipment transactions. Dan’s client advisory industry experience includes aviation, construction, commercial lending, electronics manufacturing, medical device and technology services. Prior to forming his own advisory practice, Dan worked for Comdisco Electronics Group in San Jose, California where his team managed a $2 billion portfolio of equipment leased to global semiconductor manufacturers. He has also worked in the aircraft finance industry where he remarketed commercial and corporate aircraft. Dan is a First Tee volunteer and former board member at the Don Moyer Boys & Girls Club in Champaign, Illinois and serves on the University of Illinois Willard Airport (CMI) Advisory Board. Dan also serves as an Adjunct Lecturer in the Finance Department of the College of Business at the University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign) where he teaches Growth Corp Capital Funding. Dan earned a B.A. from Southern Methodist University and a MBA from Saint Louis University.