Daken Vanderburg, CFA

Daken serves as the Chief Investment Officer for MassMutual Wealth Management. Daken joined the MassMutual Trust Company in 2019 and brings more than 20 years of experience to his role, having held several key positions throughout the industry including: founder and Chief Investment Officer of Granite Peak Asset Management; Senior Investment Associate for Bridgewater Associates in portfolio construction and strategic projects; Head of Research and Portfolio Manager at Chartwell Investment Partners ($5 billion in AUM investment manager1); and Partner at Gamma Capital Partners, a quantitative hedge fund where he served as Chief Executive Officer, overseeing all aspects of the investment strategy.

Daken attended both the University of Pennsylvania and Columbia University for mathematics and statistics coursework, and received a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration: Finance from the University of New Mexico. He earned a master’s degree in Wealth Management Investment Team (WMIT) Meet the members of our team Dedicated to serving MassMutual financial professionals, the Wealth Management Investment Team is a group of seasoned investment professionals with more than 175 years of combined industry experience. 1 As of 2009. Business Administration at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), and also holds the Chartered Financial Analyst® (CFA) designation.