Donald Elias Zilkha (born April 8, 1951) is an American financier and businessman.
The family was nationalized in three countries, from 1950 to 1956 (Iraq, Syria and Egypt) and had to rebuild in the US and Europe.
Zilkha joined J.P. Morgan in 1973 and worked for the bank in positions of increasing responsibility in tax incentivized transactions, restructuring and mergers & acquisitions.
In 1982, he joined James D. Wolfensohn & Company where he had responsibility in mergers & acquisitions and venture capital.
In 1987, Zilkha formed his own investment advisory boutique, Zilkha & Company, focused on strategic development and mergers & acquisition transaction for blue chip Australian and European companies.