Dave Williams is a banking executive, art collector and philanthropist. For 20 years, he led Alliance Capital Management (now AllianceBernstein), an asset management firm, as chief executive. His career also included a stint at Mitchell, Hutchins, Inc. He also served as the Founder and Chairman of White Williams Private Equity Partners. He served as a Senior Executive Vice President of AXA Financial from January 1997 to January 2000 and served as a Director at the firm from May 1992. Williams received an MBA from Harvard Business School and a BS from the University of Texas, where he majored in chemical engineering. He served in the US Navy from 1956 to 1959.