Benjamin Kantowitz is a Principal at Blue Owl and member of the Strategic Equity Investment Team. In his role, he focuses on sourcing, evaluating, and executing new deals, as well as managing existing portfolio company investments.

Before joining Blue Owl, Benjamin was a Vice President at EQT Partners on the direct private equity team. Prior to EQT, he worked for private equity firm Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe, and before that for Evercore in the M&A investment banking group.

Benjamin holds a BS in Finance and Economics, summa cum laude, from New York University’s Leonard N. Stern School of Business, where he graduated first in his class.

Shabbir Karim is a Managing Director at Blue Owl and member of the Finance, Accounting & Operations Team. In his role, he focuses on supporting the firm’s Direct Lending Private Credit business.

Prior to joining Blue Owl in 2022, Shabbir was a Vice President at Strategic Value Partners, where he served as a Controller in the Fund Accounting Group and was responsible for the accounting and reporting for various alternative investment funds. Prior to that, Shabbir was a Senior Manager at PwC, where he worked within the Financial Services practice specializing in audits of alternative investment funds.

Shabbir received a BS, cum laude, in Accounting from the University of Connecticut and is a licensed Certified Public Accountant in New York.

Mike Katz is a Principal at Blue Owl and member of the Finance, Accounting & Operations Team. In his role, he focuses on supporting the credit platform's corporate finance and strategy initiatives.

Before joining Blue Owl, Mike was a Vice President at Silver Point Capital. Prior to that, he was a Vice President at Sixth Street. Mike began his career as at PwC as an Associate on the valuation and transaction services team at PricewaterhouseCoopers.

Mike received his BS in Finance from Tulane University

Nausheen Kaul is a Managing Director at Blue Owl and member of the Direct Lending Investment Team. In his role, he is responsible for Portfolio Operations for Blue Owl’s portfolio companies.

Before joining Blue Owl, he was Chief Transformation Officer at Employbridge and Better Being Company, where he led successful commercial and operational turnarounds. He previously held senior operational leadership roles at Nike and Nordstrom.

He received a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from the University of Rochester.

Soraya Kazziha is a Managing Director at Blue Owl and member of the Institutional Capital Team. In her role, she is responsible for driving Blue Owl’s Insurance Solutions franchise across EMEA.

Before joining Blue Owl, she was Group Head of Balance-Sheet Management, Corporate Finance & Treasury at Athora Holding. Prior to that, she spent over a decade at PIMCO, where she led the Global Insurance Solutions team and headed the Client Solutions and Analytics function in EMEA. Soraya began her career in Investment Banking at J.P. Morgan.

She holds a PhD in Mathematical Finance from Imperial College, London, and an Engineering Degree from CentraleSupélec, Paris.

Brendan Kelly is a Managing Director at Blue Owl and member of the Business Services Platform. In his role, Brendan serves as Head of the Corporate Strategy & M&A team, where he supports GP Strategic Capital Partner Managers on mergers and acquisitions, new product development, and other strategic growth initiatives.

Before joining Blue Owl, he was a Partner at White Oak Equity Partners, where he led origination and execution of GP stakes investments. Prior to White Oak, Brendan was an Equity Partner and Vice President at Berkshire Global. Before Berkshire Global, he was a member of the New Investments Team at Affiliated Managers Group (AMG). Brendan began his career at Lehman Brothers in the Investment Management Division.

Brendan received a BA from Middlebury College with a focus in Economics. He also received an MBA with a focus in Finance and Accounting from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, where he graduated with honors as a Palmer Scholar. Brendan currently serves on the Board of Trustees of the Far Brook School in Short Hills, NJ.

William Kelly is a Principal at Blue Owl and member of the Finance, Accounting & Operations Team. In his role, he focuses on finance and operations for Blue Owl's GP Strategic Capital platform.

Before joining Blue Owl, William was a Senior Vice President within the PE Finance GP Reporting group at Neuberger Berman. William began his career as a fund accountant at State Street.

William received his MBA in Management and a BS in Accounting from St. Thomas Aquinas College.

Kamila Kennedy is a Principal at Blue Owl and member of the Digital Infrastructure Investment Team. In her role, she focuses on acquiring, developing, and leasing digital infrastructure projects throughout the U.S.

Before joining Blue Owl, Kamila was a Vice President at Realty Mogul. Prior to that, she was a Vice President at Blue Vista Capital Management, a middle market private equity real estate fund based in Chicago. Kamila began her career as an Associate in the Economic & Valuations Services group at KPMG, LLP.

Kamila received her BBA in Finance, Investment & Banking and International Business from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Dan Khouri is a Managing Director at Blue Owl and member of the Alternative Credit Investment Team. In his role, he is focused on asset-based investments in specialty finance and fintech.

Before joining Blue Owl, Dan was a Managing Director at Atalaya Capital Management, the predecessor firm to Blue Owl’s Alternative Credit team. Prior to that, he was a Partner and led US Credit at Pollen Street Capital, an alternative asset manager based in London. Preceding that, Dan was Co-Head of Private Credit at Colchis Capital and worked in Private Credit at D.B. Zwirn & Co., TTM Capital and White Oak Global Advisors. Dan began his career as an Analyst in the Capital Markets Division at Citigroup.

Dan received his BA in Economics and BSE in Systems Engineering from the University of Pennsylvania.

Krishna Kilambi is a Managing Director at Blue Owl and member of the Real Assets Portfolio Management Team. In his current role, he leads the Real Assets portfolio management and strategy team across Net Lease, Real Assets Credit, and Digital Infrastructure strategies. His focus spans portfolio management for closed-end funds, open-ended funds, and perpetual non-traded REITs across Real Assets. He is primarily responsible for portfolio management, strategic transactions, capital allocation, capital markets, and corporate finance.

Prior to joining Blue Owl, Krishna served as a Director in the Real Estate Investment Banking group at Mizuho and as an Associate Director in the Real Estate Investment Banking group at Scotiabank. Before that, he was a Director at KPMG, where he provided real estate advisory services. He began his career at UBS Investment Bank in Real Estate Investment Banking.

Krishna holds a BS in Engineering from NIT Warangal, an Executive GMP from the Indian Institute of Management Bangalore, and an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.