Synchrony Spreads Its Wings as It Flies Solo
Private-label leader capitalizes on commerce trends.
Dan Werner
Dan Werner is a senior equity analyst for Morningstar, covering U.S. and Canadian banks.
Before joining Morningstar in 2011, he was an analyst for The Banc Funds Company, LLC, a private equity firm that invests almost exclusively in micro- and small-cap U.S. depository institutions, where he covered companies in the northeastern United States. Previously, he was a senior examiner for the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago in the Supervision & Regulation Applications division.
Werner holds a bachelor’s degree in economics from Northwestern University and a master’s degree in business administration with a concentration in finance from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.
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