President's Council on Jobs and Competitiveness

Robert Wolf

Founder and CEO, 32 Advisors

Robert Wolf

Robert Wolf is Founder and CEO or 32 Advisors, a boutique consulting and advisory firm serving public and private companies, hedge funds, private equity firms, money managers, governments and other institutions. Wolf previously served as Chairman for UBS Americas and President for UBS Investment Bank. While at UBS, Robert held several senior positions including Group Regional CEO, COO of UBS Investment Bank, Global Head of Fixed Income and Chair of the firm’s Diversity and Community Affairs Committee. He joined UBS in 1994 after spending approximately 10 years at Salomon Brothers.

In addition to these roles and his position on the Jobs Council, Robert was previously on the President’s Economic Recovery Advisory Board chaired by former Federal Reserve Chair Paul Volcker, from 2009-2011. He is on the Undergraduate Executive Board of the Wharton School and on the Athletics Board of Overseers at the University of Pennsylvania. Robert sits on the Board for the Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights as well as on the Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation where he was honored with Lance Armstrong for his work on cancer awareness. He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and on the Committee Encouraging Corporate Philanthropy and was on the Board of Directors of the Financial Services Roundtable from 2007-2010. Robert also serves on the boards of a number of non-profit institutions including the Children's Aid Society and the Partnership for NYC.

Robert graduated from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania with a B.S. in Economics in 1984. He is married with 2 children and currently resides in Purchase, New York.