20 Facts About Daniel Doctoroff

Daniel Doctoroff is the chief executive officer of Sidewalk Labs, a startup company developing technology focused on city life.

Daniel Doctoroff's father, Martin Myles Doctoroff, was a former FBI agent who left the organization when young Doctoroff was two years old and a Michigan Court of Appeals judge.

Daniel Doctoroff's mother, Allene Doctoroff, was a psychologist who held a PhD.

Daniel Doctoroff grew up in Birmingham, Michigan, the oldest of four sons.

In 1980, Doctoroff received a B A degree in government from Harvard College and a J D degree from the University of Chicago Law School in 1984.

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Daniel Doctoroff began his career as an investment banker, working for Lehman Brothers in New York City, where his mentor was Peter Solomon.

Daniel Doctoroff later became managing partner at Oak Hill Capital Partners, a private equity investment firm.

In 1994, after attending a World Cup soccer match between Italy and Bulgaria, Daniel Doctoroff was inspired to bring such competition to New York City as host of the 2008 Olympic games.

Largely unknown in political, sporting and business circles of New York, Daniel Doctoroff connected with political consultant Robert Teeter, under whom Daniel Doctoroff worked as a Republican political pollster while he was a student at Harvard.

Daniel Doctoroff conceived of and led the team that developed PlaNYC, the 127-point plan that brought together more than 25 City agencies to make New York City more environmentally sustainable.

In December 2021, Daniel Doctoroff announced he was resigning as CEO as a result of developing symptoms that align with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, of which his father and uncle died from.

Daniel Doctoroff serves as a member of the Committee on Capital Markets Regulation and on the board of directors of the World Resources Institute.

Daniel Doctoroff's father died of ALS in 2002, and his uncle Michael died of ALS in 2010.

Daniel Doctoroff is a member of the board of directors of Bloomberg Philanthropies and is both founder and chair of the board of Target ALS.

Daniel Doctoroff is chairman and President of the board of directors of The Shed, the arts facility at the Hudson Yards development in New York City.

In March 2015, Daniel Doctoroff was appointed to the United States Olympic Committee board of directors.

Daniel Doctoroff was a member of the advisory board for Neom, Saudi Arabia's plan to build a futuristic "mega city" in the desert.

Daniel Doctoroff is Jewish, and in 2013 Alisa Robbins Doctoroff was appointed the president of the UJA-Federation of New York; previously she served as president of Congregation Or Zarua in Manhattan.

Daniel Doctoroff is a second cousin of New York Times domestic correspondent Katherine Rosman.

Daniel Doctoroff's grandmother, Jennie Miller nee Seeman, was a sister of Rosman's grandmother, Mae Rosman nee Seeman .