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Robert Wolf

Founder, 32 Advisors

Robert Wolf is the Founder of 32 Advisors, a holding company which includes the direct investing arm 32 Ventures, the bipartisan economic insights company Strategic Worldviews, and advisory services for corporate clients on financial matters, risk, and governance.  Robert was named Chairman of the AI-driven Messaging Software Platform community in Summer 2022.

Prior to forming 32 Advisors, Robert spent 18 years at UBS, a global financial services firm.  While at the firm, he held several senior positions, including Chairman & CEO of UBS Americas and President & Chief Operating Officer of the Investment Bank.  He joined UBS in 1994, after spending 10 years at Salomon Brothers.

Robert held three Presidential Appointments under President Obama: as a member of the Economic Recovery Advisory Board from 2009-2011, the Council on Jobs and Competitiveness from 2011-2013, and the Export Council from 2014-2016.  In 2012, Robert was on the Homeland Security Advisory Council's Border Infrastructure Task Force.

Currently, Robert serves on the Board of Directors of the Obama Foundation; Alumni Board of the Wharton School; Economic Advisory Council for the Center for American Progress; and Leadership Council of NYC’s Robin Hood Foundation.  He is also a member of the Council of Foreign Relations and the Partnership for NYC. Recently, Robert served as a member of New York City Mayor Eric Adams’ transition team and on the Board of EJF’s SPAC advising on the completed $8.5 billion transaction with fintech company Pagaya.  Robert also formerly served as Vice Chairman of the Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice & Human Rights and as a Board member of the Undergraduate Executive Board of the Wharton School; Children's Aid Society; Athletics Board of Overseers at the University of Pennsylvania; and Financial Services Roundtable.  Robert was named multiple times to Worth Magazine's, 100 Most Powerful People in Finance.  In 2016, Robert joined Fox News/Fox Business as a contributor, where he can be seen multiple times per week on the network.

Robert is a graduate of the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, receiving a BS in Economics. While at UPenn, he played on the varsity football team that won IVY League Championships in both the 1982 and 1983 seasons and was an honoree into the Ivy Football Association in 2013.  In May 2014, Robert received the Distinguished Alumni Award from the Wharton School.  Robert was born and raised in Marblehead, MA and is in the town's Athletics Hall of Fame.  He currently resides in Purchase, NY.

Parent Members

D.L.J.
Honorable Deborah Lee James (Chair)
Former Secretary, US Air Force
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Craig Albright
Craig Albright
Senior Finance Executive Xerox Corp (Former) and Executive Advisor
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A.A
Dr. Alex Alonso, PhD
Chief Knowledge Officer Society for Human Resource Management
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J.A.
Joseph Anderson
Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, Tag Holdings, LLC
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D.B.
David Beitel
Chief Technology Officer, Zillow Group
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S.D
Sally Donnelly
Founding Partner, Pallas Advisors
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C.E.
Cheryl Eliano
District 10 National Vice President, American Federation Of Government Employees
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C.G.
Dr. Christopher S. Gopal, PhD
Executive, Consultant, Author & Educator, Global Supply Chain & Operations
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L.H.
Linnie M. Haynesworth
Co-Chair, Defense Business Board; Former Vice President, Northrop Grumman; & Independent Board Director
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E.H.
Erin Hill, Esq.
Former Chief Administrative Officer BNY Mellon
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Marachel Knight
Marachel Knight
Senior Technology & Operations Executive, AT&T (Former) and Board Director, Marvell Technology, Inc.
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S.LN.
Suzanne Leopoldi-Nichols
Former Chief Global Business Solutions Officer, WPP
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J.M.
Jennifer McClure
Founder & CEO, Unbridled Talent, LLC
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O.M.
Oscar Munoz
Retired Chairman, President & CEO United Airlines
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L.S.
General Larry Spencer, US Air Force (Ret)
President, Armed Forces Benefit Association
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D.W.
Dr. David Van Slyke, PhD
Dean, The Maxwell School of Citizenship & Public Affairs Syracuse University
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J.V.
General Joseph L. Votel, US Army (Ret)
Former Commander, U.S. Central Command and U.S. Special Operations Command
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D.W.
Honorable David M. Walker
Former Comptroller General of the United States
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S.Y
Safroadu "Saf" Yeboah-Amankwah
Senior VP & Chief Strategy Officer, Intel Corporation
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Subcommittee Members

A.B.
Anand Bahl, Chief Information Officer, Micron Technology, Inc.
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G.B
Greg Bowman, J.D., Chief Innovation Officer & Vice President of Corporate Development, Siemens Government Technologies, Inc.
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M.D.
Matthew Daniel, Principal of Talent Strategy, Guild Education
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Defense Business Board
Chief Executive Officer, Lumbee Tribe Holdings, Inc.
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E.R.
The Honorable Eric Rosenbach, Co-Director, Belfer Center for Science and Internal Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School
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B.S.
Brig Gen Bernard Skoch, US Air Force (Ret), Chair of the Board, Air and Space Forces Association
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S.S.
Stan Soloway, President & CEO, Celero Strategies, LLC
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P.,Z.
Patricia J. Zarodkiewicz, President, PatZ Consulting, LLC
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