David Saltzman
David Saltzman
David Saltzman has been an important part of the community for many years. He has served on the board of several organizations and is a well known figure in the field of education.
He is the executive director of Robin Hood Foundation, one of New York City’s largest poverty fighting nonprofit organizations. He also serves on the boards of NPower, Together Education and Pure.
Early Life and Education
When he was a student at Yale, David Saltzman was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s disease. While he struggled with his diagnosis, he also worked on his senior project, the New York Times bestselling book “The Jester Has Lost His Jingle.”
In a moment of inspiration, he vowed to share the story of the jester’s mission to spread laughter with kids in need. He wrote and illustrated the book, which helped keep kids smiling during difficult times.
As one of the founding board members of Robin Hood Foundation, he helped develop and grow New York City’s most successful poverty-fighting efforts. He also served on the boards of several for-profit and not-for-profit organizations, including the Relay Graduate School of Education.
Professional Career
At age 27, david saltzman stepped away from his safe government perch and took on the risky job of launching Robin Hood, a poverty-fighting superfunder focused on New York City. The founding board turned to Saltzman and his college buddy, Norman Atkins, to be co-executive directors, and he jumped in.
David Saltzman represents companies from around the world in a variety of business transactions and related legal issues. He works with companies from a variety of industries, including technology, financial services and life sciences.
He is also an active tuba soloist and chamber musician, a Buffet-Crampon Artist and has performed the tuba concertos of Eugene Bozza and John Williams with orchestras throughout the United States and Australia. He gave the world premiere of Samuel Adler’s Concerto for tuba with the Toledo Symphony in 2018.
Achievements and Honors
David Saltzman was one of the founders of the Robin Hood Foundation, a nonprofit grantmaker that has raised more than $2 billion for New York City charities focused on poverty. His organization is known for its iconoclastic approach to finding neglected community organizations and funding them.
He started out at Chadwick School in the Palos Verdes Peninsula, California, where he became editor of the yearbook and won top honors for citizenship and service. He later went to Yale University, where he graduated with a degree in English and art.
He joined Merrill Lynch in 1989, where he was group head for real estate investment banking. After retiring from that company in 2014, he helped take Colony Capital LLC and Colony Financial public as Colony Capital Inc.
Personal Life
When he was young, David Saltzman loved to cheer people up. That talent he brought to his bestselling book, “The Jester Has Lost His Jingle,” which tells the story of a jester who wakes up one day to find there’s no laughter in his kingdom.
It is a heartwarming and uplifting story. It also demonstrates the power of laughter to restore joy, hope and strength in life.
As a senior project, David wrote and illustrated this book during his time at Yale University, when he was battling cancer. Before he died at 22 in 1990, his parents Barbara and Joe Saltzman promised him they would publish it as he envisioned it, so the message of hope, laughter and self-empowerment could reach children coping with illness.
Net Worth
David Saltzman has an estimated net worth of $623 thousand. He currently serves as an Independent Director for New Residential Investment Corporation and has earned a total compensation of $200,012.
David Saltzman is a financial advisor who works out of Austin, Texas, with a career spanning 21 years. He was previously with Securian Financial Services, Inc. and Minnesota Life Insurance Company. He maintains Series 63 and 65 licenses, qualifying him as both a securities agent and an investment advisor representative. In addition, he is licensed to advise clients in Oklahoma and Texas. His net worth has been increasing significantly in recent years. His stock ownership and trading performance are both tracked by GuruFocus. He made the largest trade of 14,174 units of New Residential Investment Corp stock on 3 May 2019 for $236,139.