Chad Schultz, managing director with Credit Suisse First Boston (CSFB) in Chicago and co-head of the firm’s Private Fund Group, passed away April 15 after a long illness. He was 50.
He joined CSFB in November 2000, when the firm merged with Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette (DLJ), where he was a managing director, founder and co-head of the Private Fund Group.
He previously raised institutional private equity for Merrill Lynch and spent six years in the fixed income and financial services group of Morgan Stanley.
Schultz, who earned a bachelor’s from Trinity College, was a skilled piano player and an avid lover of both popular and classical music. Outside of private equity,
He is survived by wife Noreen, daughters Claire and Elizabeth, parents Sigrid and Gerhard and sisters Dawn Bandolik and Beth Walsh. A memorial service was held earlier this month.
In lieu of flowers, the family asks that donations be sent to: Chad Schultz Cancer Research Fund, c/o the Greater Milwaukee Foundation, 1020 N. Broadway, Milwaukee, WI 53202.