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Doug Ostrover
Co-Chief Executive Officer
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Marc Lipschultz
Co-Chief Executive Officer
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Alan Kirshenbaum
Chief Financial Officer
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Andrew Polland
Chief Operating Officer
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Andrew Laurino
Senior Managing Director
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Senior Managing Director
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Tracy Poulter Hart
Chief Human Resources Officer
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Tracy Poulter
Tracy Poulter Hart
Chief Human Resources Officer
New York

Tracy Poulter Hart is a Managing Director at Blue Owl and the Chief Human Resources Officer. Before joining Blue Owl, Tracy was CHRO of York Capital Management, a multi-strategy hedge fund, from September 2011 to April 2021. Prior to that, she was an Executive Director in HR at UBS where she was an HR Business Partner covering Equity Sales and Trading, Equity Derivatives, IT, Operations and was Head of HR for Latin America. Tracy started her career in roles at JP Morgan and Prudential.

Tracy received her BA in Business Management from Western CT State University.

Kevin Purcell
Managing Director
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Kevin Purcell
Kevin Purcell
Managing Director
New York

Kevin Purcell is a Managing Director at Blue Owl and member of the GP Strategic Capital Investment Team. In his role, he focuses on GP Stakes Investing and strategic initiatives across the GP Strategic Capital platform.

Before joining Blue Owl, Kevin was a Vice President at Neuberger Berman Private Equity. Kevin began his career as an Associate in the Investment Management Division at Lehman Brothers focused on strategic projects throughout the hedge fund platform and minority stake acquisition program.

Kevin received his MBA from the Krannert School of Management at Purdue University and holds a BS in Finance from Siena College.

Kevin Raidy
Head of Healthcare Opportunities
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Kevin Raidy
Kevin Raidy
Head of Healthcare Opportunities
New York

Kevin Raidy is a Managing Director at Blue Owl and the Head of Healthcare Opportunities. In this role, he oversees all private and public investment activity related to Healthcare Opportunities and sits on the Fund’s Investment Committee.

Previously Kevin was a founder and Managing Partner of Cowen Healthcare Investments, the predecessor to Blue Owl Healthcare Opportunities. Prior to his role at Cowen Healthcare Investments, Kevin was Cowen’s Head of Investment Banking and prior to that he was Co-Head of Cowen’s Equity Capital Markets Group. Before that Kevin was a Managing Director at Ramius LLC where he was responsible for direct investments and convertible bonds. Kevin’s sell side experience includes ten years at Shipley Raidy Capital Partners, a boutique investment banking firm which he co-founded. Prior to founding Shipley Raidy, Kevin was an associate at Philadelphia First Group. He started his career at Cantor Fitzgerald before moving to Merrill Lynch as an analyst in the municipal finance group.
He is currently a member of the Board of Directors of NodThera Ltd, Escient Pharmaceuticals, Neuron23, and Aro Biopharmaceuticals, while also a Board Observer at Delfi Diagnostics, Aktis Oncology and Evox Therapeutics.

Kevin received a BS in Economics with a concentration in Finance from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

Matthew Rees
Managing Director
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Matthew Rees
Matthew Rees
Managing Director
London

Matthew Rees is a Managing Director at Blue Owl and member of the GP Strategic Capital Investment Team. Based in London, he focuses on managing Blue Owl's GP Strategic Capital relationships with investors and alternative asset management firms in Europe, the Middle East, and Asia.

Before joining Blue Owl, Matthew was the Global Head of Marketing for the NB Alternatives platform, a group of hedge fund and private equity businesses.

Matthew received his degree in accounting and economics from The Pennsylvania State University and holds an MBA from New York University.

Grace Reilly
Principal
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Grace Christus
Grace Reilly
Principal
New York

Grace Reilly is a Principal at Blue Owl and member of the Private Wealth Team. In her role, she is the Head of Private Wealth Marketing focused on growing the Blue Owl brand, generating leads, and supporting fundraising across products with Financial Advisors and End Clients. 

Before joining Blue Owl, Grace was a Director at BlackRock in Marketing. Prior to that, she was a Vice President at Citi in Global Consumer Marketing. She began her career at Citi as an Assistant Vice President in the Global Consumer Bank at Citi. 

Grace received her BA in Political science from Duke University.

Michael Reiter
Chief Operating Officer, Real Estate
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Michael Reiter
Michael Reiter
Chief Operating Officer, Real Estate
Short Hills

Michael Reiter is a Managing Director at Blue Owl and the Chief Operating Officer, Real Estate. In his role he is responsible for overseeing Blue Owl Real Estate's implementation and execution of capital markets, business development, investment and asset management activities.  Michael is a member of the Blue Owl Real Estate Investment Committee and serves on the Board of Trustees of Blue Owl Real Estate Net Lease Trust, a private placement REIT, and Store Capital, a private REIT.

Prior to Blue Owl, Michael served as Managing Director in the Real Estate Investment Management division at Cantor Fitzgerald.  Michael was a member of the Board of Trustees of Plymouth Industrial REIT, Inc. and a Senior Vice President and Head of Capital Markets at VEREIT, Inc. and American Realty Capital, where he was responsible for real estate acquisitions, capital markets and business development. Michael commenced his career as a Certified Public Accountant at Ernst & Young as a Manager in the real estate advisory and assurance practices.

Michael received his BS in Economics from the University of Wisconsin, Madison and his MS in Accounting, cum laude, from the University of Notre Dame.

Eric Render
Managing Director
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Eric Render
Eric Render
Managing Director
New York

Eric Render is a Managing Director at Blue Owl and member of the Institutional Business Development Team. In his role, he is focused on managing relationships with institutional investors within the GP Strategic Capital team, on the West Coast, including Western Canada, Alaska and Hawaii.

Before joining Blue Owl, Eric was an original member of Dyal Capital Partners, the business known today as GP Strategic Capital. While at Dyal, Eric was on the team's Business Services Platform - its strategic value creation unit - and focused on its Capital Strategy initiatives for the better part of 10 years. Prior to joining Dyal, Eric was a member of Neuberger Berman’s marketing department, focusing on International Equities, Emerging Markets and REITs. Prior to that, he was an analyst at MBG Expense Management, an IT and Telecom expense management consultant. Eric began his career as a writer at the UK news agency, Adfero.

Eric received a BA in English from The Pennsylvania State University, and also studied contemporary UK politics at the London School of Economics’ Hansard Scholars Research Programme.

Jess Renner
Principal
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Jess Renner
Jess Renner
Principal
New York

Jess Renner is a Principal at Blue Owl and member of the Corporate Operations & Strategy Team. In her role, she focuses on planning and execution of the firm’s corporate, strategic initiatives, including M&A diligence and integration, vendor management, global corporate real estate and more. She also provides leadership to the firm’s Corporate Sustainability initiatives, including our Citizenship efforts.

Before joining Blue Owl 's Corporate Operations & Strategy team, Jess was a Vice President on the Operational Advisory team within the GP Strategic Capital Business Services Platform. Prior to that, Jess was a member of the Corporate Strategy team at Och-Ziff Capital Management Group, an alternative asset management firm based in New York. Jess began her career as an Investment Banking Analyst at Deutsche Bank in the Real Estate, Gaming, Lodging, and Leisure Group.

Jess received her BBA, with high distinction, from the Stephen M. Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan.

Ivan Rosa
Head of Facilities and Office Services
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Ivan Rosa
Ivan Rosa
Head of Facilities and Office Services
New York

Ivan Rosa is a Principal at Blue Owl and the Head of Facilities and Office Services. In his role, he focuses on implementing strategic real estate fit-outs for various locations and supporting the Strategic Projects Team.

Before joining Blue Owl, Ivan was Senior Associate Director of Project Management at Gardiner & Theobald, a UK based Project and Cost Management consultancy in New York City. Prior to that, he was a practicing Architect for 25 years in offices such as Rockwell Group, Hillier, TPG Architecture and Perkins Eastman. He simultaneously held a teaching position as Associate Professor of Architecture for 17 years at the Spitzer School of Architecture, his Alma Mater. Ivan began his career as an architect in 1992.

Ivan received a Bachelor of Science in Landscape Architecture in 1990, a Bachelor of Architecture in 1992, both professional degrees, from the Spitzer School of Architecture at The City College of New York. Ivan also holds a Master of Science in Architecture & Urban Design from the Columbia University – Graduate School of Architecture, Planning & Preservation - 1994.

Douglas Ross
Managing Director
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Douglas Ross
Douglas Ross
Managing Director
New York

Douglas Ross is a Managing Director at Blue Owl and member of the Institutional Business Development Team. In his role, he focuses on fundraising for Blue Owl Liquid Credit Strategies as well as the broader suite of Blue Owl funds.

Before joining Blue Owl in 2023, Doug was Head of North American Business Development at TFG Asset Management for ten years. Prior to that, he headed business development for Field Street Capital. Prior to that, Doug was a partner at Normandy Hill Capital, responsible for fund raising and all other investor related activities. Before Normandy Hill, Doug held business development roles for hedge fund seeding and platform businesses including Tiger Management and Vega Asset Management. Doug spent the first 10 years of his career trading rates and volatility on rates as well as Emerging Market fixed income products at proprietary desks including Banco Santander, Chase Manhattan Bank and BankBoston.

Doug earned an MBA from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and a B.A. in International Studies and Spanish from the University of Richmond.