[4] Och grew up in Maplewood, New Jersey and attended the Solomon Schechter Day School of Essex and Union (since renamed Golda Och Academy, in honor of his mother) in West Orange, New Jersey, a Jewish day school founded by his parents.

[5] Och has a bachelor's degree in economics with a concentration in finance from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

[7] On May 8, 2015, Och was targeted by the "Hedge Clippers" activist group, who protested outside of his residence at 15 Central Park West, New York City.

[10][11] This change in leadership occurred following the 2016 bribery scandal and caused turmoil as Och had formerly indicated James Levin would be his successor before retracting that statement.

[12][13] Dan Och now invests out of his single-family office, Willoughby Capital, and his new $750M SPAC, AJAX Holdings.

[15] He is the vice chair of Robin Hood Foundation, a charitable organization fighting poverty in New York City.