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Nicole Klotz is a Principal at Blue Owl and member of the Private Wealth Team. In her role, she oversees relationships across multiple wealth channels in the Great Lakes Region.
Prior to her role at Blue Owl, she was a Managing Director on the US Wealth team at the London-based hedge fund Man Group and a Financial Advisor at Morgan Stanley focused on providing Alternative Investment solutions for High Net Worth investors.
Nicole graduated from Purdue University in West Lafayette, IN with a focus in Pre-Law and Business Spanish.
Oren Knishinsky is a Principal at Blue Owl and member of the Credit Investment Team. In his role, he focuses on strategic partnerships, new product development, and M&A.
Before joining Blue Owl, Oren was a Principal with Atalaya Capital Management, the predecessor firm to Blue Owl's Alternative Credit team. Prior to that, he was a Managing Director at Perella Weinberg Partners. He previously held roles with Bain & Company and Capital One Financial.
Oren received his MBA from Harvard Business School and his BSBA in Finance and Management Information Systems from the University of Arizona.
Brad Koechling is a Principal at Blue Owl and member of the Finance, Accounting & Operations Team. In his role, Brad serves as a Controller for the Alternative Credit platform.
Before joining Blue Owl, Brad was a Controller at Atalaya Capital Management, the predecessor firm to Blue Owl’s Alternative Credit team. Prior to that, Brad was a Director and Controller in the Multi-Strategy group at Angelo Gordon, a global alternative asset manager based in New York. Brad began his career as an auditor in the asset management practice of Deloitte & Touche.
Brad received a BS in Accounting from the University of Richmond and is a CPA licensed in the State of New York.
Dan Kosydar is a Principal at Blue Owl and member of the Finance, Accounting & Operations Team. In his role, he focuses on supporting the firm’s short-term and long-term forecasting and planning processes.
Before joining Blue Owl, Dan was a Vice President at Brookfield Properties in the Hospitality Real Estate Group. Prior to that, he was a Vice President at Watermark Lodging Trust, a non-traded REIT focused on high-quality hotel assets. Dan began his career at W.P. Carey, Inc. in various FP&A and Corporate Finance roles.
Dan received his BS in Finance and Business Administration from King’s College.
Karin Kringen is a Managing Director at Blue Owl and member of the Legal Team. In her role, she focuses on providing legal advice relating to capital markets/financing, SEC reporting, corporate governance, and investor relations.
Before joining Blue Owl, Karin was in-house capital markets counsel at Wells Fargo, Credit Suisse, and Deutsche Bank. Karin began her career as an Associate at Milbank LLP.
Karin received her JD from the University of Michigan Law School and holds a BA in Economics and Government, cum laude, from Smith College.
Collin Kroeger is a Principal at Blue Owl and member of the Institutional Capital Team. In his role, he focuses on Strategic Account management and business development, with a focus on Middle Eastern investors.
Before joining Blue Owl, Collin was a Senior Associate at PIMCO, where he focused on institutional account management for US public pension plans. He began his career at PIMCO as an Analyst in Trade Compliance.
Collin is a Chartered Financial Analyst and holds a BS in Finance with a concentration in International Business from Wayne State College, where he graduated cum laude.
Danielle Kronenfeld is a Principal at Blue Owl and member of the Business Services Platform. In her role, she focuses on providing human capital and organizational design best practices and thought leadership to Blue Owl partner managers.
Before joining Blue Owl, Danielle was a Vice President at BlackRock where she held several roles in HR and Alternatives business management. Danielle began her career as a Human Resources Analyst at Morgan Stanley.
Danielle received a BS in Industrial and Labor Relations with a minor in Business from Cornell University.
Ken Kroszner is a Managing Director at Blue Owl and member of the Credit Finance & Capital Markets Team. In his role, he is responsible for structured credit investing and liquid credit financing.
Before joining Blue Owl, Ken was a member of the performing credit team at Littlejohn & Co. as a structured credit portfolio manager. Prior to that, he was responsible for managing CLO tranche investments and CMBS analysis at Bayview Asset Management. Ken began his career at Royal Bank of Scotland where he published securitized credit research and assisted in the origination and trading of CLOs.
Ken received his BS in Finance from the University of Connecticut.
Francesca Kruk is a Principal at Blue Owl and member of the Corporate Investor Relations Team. In her role, she focuses on all aspects of public shareholder relations.
Before joining Blue Owl, Francesca was an Associate at Brookfield Asset Management. Prior to that, she was an Assistant Vice President in Equity Research at Barclays, focused on the traditional and alternative asset managers. Francesca began her career at Baby2Baby, a children’s charity based in Los Angeles.
Francesca received her BA in Psychology from the University of California, Los Angeles.
Young Kwon is a Managing Director at Blue Owl and member of the Liquid Credit Investment Team. In his role, he focuses on investments in broadly syndicated non-investment grade leveraged loans within the industrials, aerospace & defense, transportation & logistics, and metals & mining sectors.
Before joining Blue Owl, Young was a Senior Vice President at Alcentra, a global high yield and leverage loan focused asset manager. Prior to that, he was an Associate Portfolio Manager and Senior Research Analyst at Lord Abbett & Co., a $200bn+ mutual fund manager. Young also spent time as a desk and publishing research analyst at Barclays Capital covering high yield debt.
Young received his MBA from the University of Michigan Ross School of Business and BA in International Relations from Tufts University.