Daniel Simkowitz

Co-President and Head of Institutional Securities Morgan Stanley

Last Reviewed: October 1, 2026

Executive Summary

Daniel Simkowitz has been a Co-President of Morgan Stanley since January 2024, responsible for its Institutional Securities business, which the firm says produced record net revenues of $33.1 billion in 2025. He ran Investment Management from 2015 to 2023, also co-heading corporate strategy from 2021, and before that spent more than a decade in Global Capital Markets as managing director, chairman and co-head. Morgan Stanley ranked No. 39 on the 2026 Fortune 500.

Career Highlights

• Co-President and Head of Institutional Securities at Morgan Stanley since January 2024.
• Head of Investment Management, 2015 to 2023.
• Co-Head of Global Capital Markets, 2013 to 2015.

Professional Journey

Simkowitz was a managing director in Morgan Stanley’s Global Capital Markets division from 2000, its chairman from 2009 and co-head from 2013.

He headed Investment Management from October 2015 to December 2023, and co-headed Corporate Strategy from June 2021.

He became Co-President in January 2024, with responsibility for Institutional Securities.

Education

No first-party source read for this profile states his education.