Daniel (Dan) Ives is a Managing Director and Senior Equity Research Analyst covering the Technology sector at Wedbush Securities since 2018. He also serves as the Global Head of Technology Research at Wedbush. Dan has been a tech analyst on Wall Street for over two decades, covering software and the broader technology landscape. He began his career as a financial analyst at HBO before earning his MBA in Finance and becoming a globally recognized technology equity research analyst and Managing Director at FBR Capital Markets, where he spent 16 years focusing on enterprise software and hardware sectors—including cybersecurity, cloud computing, big data, and the mobile landscape. A major area of his current research is electric vehicles and disruptive technologies expected to shape the next decade.
Dan is a highly sought-after tech expert, regularly speaking at events across the U.S., Europe, Australia, and Asia. He frequently appears on television networks including CNBC, Bloomberg, CNN, Fox News, BBC, NBC, CBS, ABC, MSNBC, France 24, Sky News, ABC Australia, and TV Tokyo, among others, to provide expert commentary on the technology sector. He has also appeared on The Today Show, Good Morning America, CBS Mornings, PBS NewsHour, NBC Nightly News, ABC World News Tonight, CBS Evening News, CNN’s Erin Burnett OutFront, Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, and The Daily Show. Dan can often be heard on tech-related radio segments for Bloomberg, ABC News, NPR, BBC, and other major outlets. His insights are regularly cited by global publications such as The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, Investor’s Business Daily, Chicago Tribune, New York Post, Los Angeles Times, Newsweek, The Telegraph, San Francisco Chronicle, Time Magazine, Le Monde, The Washington Post, The Guardian, The Boston Globe, Daily Mail, South China Morning Post, Barron’s, The Times of London, Financial Times, Le Figaro, The Sydney Morning Herald, and The New York Times, among many others. In 2024, he was named the “Best Dressed Man on Wall Street” by the New York Post in a featured fashion profile.
He holds a B.S. in Finance from Penn State University and an MBA from the University of Maryland.
Twitter handle: @DivesTech.
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Amazon, Facebook, and Apple Are at Risk Amid Antitrust Concerns
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Daniel Ives: The End of Talks Will Be a Shock to Wall Street
Daniel Ives: This Closes a Dark Chapter and Puts It in the Rear-view Mirror With Cambridge Analytica
Daniel Ives: It Will Be Difficult for Symantec to Prove Its Valuation Given Its Recent CEO Departure
Daniel Ives: There Is Growing Frustration Within the Trump Circle Towards Big Tech
Daniel Ives: Symantec Must Prove Its Fundamental Valuation to the Street
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