Self-Made Score
10
Philanthropy Score
2
Residence
Vienna, Virginia
Citizenship
United States
Marital Status
Married
Children
2
Education
Master of Business Administration, Harvard University; Bachelor of Arts/Science, Syracuse University
Did you know
He worked 60 hours a week in the summers and 20 hours a week during school as a stock boy in a produce market from age 9 until graduation.
D'Aniello was on the gymnastics team at Syracuse University.
He was the only child of a single mother who worked four jobs simultaneously for 25 years to keep them above the poverty line.
In Their Own Words

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