Ari Fuchs

Ari Fuchs is a Managing Director at The DAK Group, where he represents middle-market companies and their owners in a broad range of strategic transactions. With more than 25 years of middle-market corporate finance experience, Ari is recognized as a seasoned dealmaker. He combines a deep understanding of the psychology of the business owner with disciplined execution and creative, out-of-the-box thinking to deliver outlier results.

 He is known for providing honest, transparent, and independent advice that business owners can trust, guiding them through some of the most important decisions of their lives.  Over the course of his career, Ari has advised on more than 100 middle-market transactions totaling in excess of $3 billion in value.

 He works closely with business owners as they navigate company sales, mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, and a wide range of capital markets activities, including transactional financings and public and private offerings. Ari is adept at structuring complex transactions, leading critical negotiations, and executing deals that maximize value for clients. Clients respect him for developing innovative deal structures and fresh perspectives that uncover opportunities others might miss, always anchored in straightforward, candid counsel.

Prior to joining DAK, Ari worked at Duff & Phelps and H.C. Wainwright, where he advised on M&A and capital markets engagements. He is a graduate of Yeshiva University’s Sy Syms School of Business, where he earned Dean’s Honor List recognition, and he holds FINRA Series 7, 63, and 79 licenses.

Ari’s professional excellence has been recognized with NJBIZ’s “40 Under 40” award and The M&A Advisor’s “Emerging Leader Award.” He is also a frequent contributor of insights on M&A trends, corporate finance, and value creation strategies for middle-market companies, with commentary featured in leading industry publications and conferences across the U.S. and abroad.

Beyond his professional work, Ari is deeply committed to community service and philanthropy. He is the former President of the Board of Trustees at Ma’ayanot Yeshiva High School for Girls, serves as a member of the Investment Committee and former board member at the Orthodox Union, and is actively engaged with a wide range of local charitable organizations and causes. In each of these roles, Ari brings the same creative energy, integrity, and independent perspective that define his professional work.

Originally from Montreal, Ari is fluent in French and currently resides in New Jersey with his family.