Robert McMullan moved from Dallas to Darien with his wife in 1999. From then until he retired in 2021, he was active in several Darien organizations, including Darien Y Guides and Princesses, Little League (assistant coach for three years), the Darien Foundation for Technology and Community. He was a longtime member of the YMCA and was a member of the Wingmen, an “old guy” rock band that played several times at Darien Summer Nights. After he retired, his wife and he began spending more time in Florida, but they missed Darien and bought a house in Rowayton in 2025 with a plan to spend more time up here.
Robert graduated from Vanderbilt University in 1980 and received an M.B.A. in 1984 from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. He started his investment banking career at Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette until it was acquired in 2000 and then moved to Credit Suisse. In 2007, he switched careers and joined Blackstone and through 2021, raised money for Blackstone’s private equity and related funds. After 10 months of retirement, he went to work at a new private equity firm in Miami in November 2022. Robert plans to re-retire in the next several months, and this time to make it stick.
Robert has three children: Mollie, 27, and fraternal twins Robert and William, 23. All of them attended Darien schools through middle school. Mollie attended Trinity Catholic High School in Stamford. Robert attended Darien High School, where he played baseball and basketball. William attended Canterbury School in New Milford, Conn., where he played tennis and water polo. Mollie now lives in Nashville, Robert lives in Phoenix, and William lives at home in Rowayton and commutes into Manhattan.
