JOHN DANHAKL

Managing Partner Leonard Green & Partners

Danhakl joined Leonard Green & Partners in 1995. Previously he spent five years as a managing director in the Los Angeles office of Donaldson Lufkin & Jenrette Securities Corp. From 1985 to 1990, he was a vice president in corporate finance at Drexel Burnham Lambert Group Inc. Danhakl serves on the boards of Advantage Solutions, Charter NEX and Insight Global, among others. In September, Leonard Green & Partners participated in a $75 million Series B for France-based biotech startup TreeFrog Therapeutics. The startup had Leonard Green Partner Peter Zippelius join its board as part of the Series B financing.