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Doug Ostrover
Co-Chief Executive Officer
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Marc Lipschultz
Co-Chief Executive Officer
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Chief Financial Officer
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Andrew Polland
Chief Operating Officer
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Senior Managing Director
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Directory

Shari Withem
Managing Director
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Shari Withem
Shari Withem
Managing Director
New York

Shari Withem is a Managing Director at Blue Owl and member of the Finance, Accounting & Operations Team. In her role, Shari serves as the Co-Chief Accounting Officer of OBDC II, OBDC III, OCIC and OTIC, and as the Co-Treasurer and Co-Controller of each of the Blue Owl BDCs.

Prior to joining Blue Owl, Shari was Vice President of Sixth Street Specialty Lending, Inc. (formerly TPG Specialty Lending, Inc.), a business development company traded on the NYSE (TSLX), where she was responsible for accounting, financial reporting, treasury and internal controls functions. Preceding that role, Ms. Withem worked for MCG Capital Corporation, a business development company formerly traded on the Nasdaq (MCGC) and Deloitte in the Audit and Assurance Practice.

Shari received a BS in Accounting from James Madison University and is licensed as a Certified Public Accountant in Virginia.

Candy Wong
Principal
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Candy Wong
Candy Wong
Principal
New York

Candy Wong is a Principal at Blue Owl and member of the Information Technology Team. In her role, she focuses on requirements gathering, business analysis, and solutions implementation to support the technology needs of the Operations and Finance teams.  

Before joining Blue Owl, Candy was the Director of Product Management at Saphyre, a fintech company that harnesses automated intelligence and creates memory around account data and documents to optimize account onboarding and related trade processes for financial institutions.  Prior to that, she was Senior Vice President at iCapital.  Candy’s professional journey began at BlackRock, where she started as a business analyst for the BlackRock Solutions business and swiftly advanced to prominent roles in product management, business integration, and systems implementation.

Candy graduated summa cum laude from Binghamton University with a BS in Management Information Systems and Finance.

Kirsten Wright
Principal
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Kirsten Wright
Kirsten Wright
Principal
Short Hills

Kirsten Wright is a Principal at Blue Owl and member of the Finance, Accounting & Operations Team. Kirsten serves as a Controller for the Business Development Companies (BDCs). 

Prior to joining Blue Owl in 2017, Kirsten was a Senior Audit Associate at Crowe Horwath, where she focused primarily on financial service industries. 

Kirsten received a BS in Accounting from The College of New Jersey and is a licensed Certified Public Accountant in New Jersey.

Jay Wyckoff
Managing Director
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Jay Wyckoff
Jay Wyckoff
Managing Director
New York

Jay Wyckoff is a Managing Director at Blue Owl and member of the Private Wealth Team. In his role, Jay leads a team focused on the Regional & Independent channel and is tasked to drive our continued success with this integral client segment as increased adoption with regional and independent advisors is among the largest of growth opportunities for Blue Owl.   

Before joining Blue Owl, Jay had a long and successful career at BlackRock.  Most recently, he was the National Sales Manager for their Specialist Sales Teams, inclusive of Alternatives and ETF focused professionals.  Prior to his National Sales Manager responsibilities, Jay was a Divisional Director and a top-producing Market Leader with experience covering both coasts, and all segments in the wealth ecosystem.  He was BlackRock’s inaugural hire as they built out their R&I capabilities and is very excited to be back focusing on this group.  His entire career has been committed to intermediary distribution.

Jay is based in our NYC office. He is a graduate of James Madison University with a BBA in Finance.

Matthew Xirinachs
Principal
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Matthew Xirinachs
Matthew Xirinachs
Principal
New York

Matthew Xirinachs is a Principal at Blue Owl and member of the Investment Grade Private Credit Investment Team. Before joining Blue Owl, Matthew was a Director at Kuvare Asset Management, the predecessor firm to Blue Owl Insurance Solutions, focused on direct private credit investing and origination for insurance companies. Prior to that, he was an Associate at Blackstone where he worked in Blackstone Credit (formerly, GSO Capital Partners), was a member of the firm’s Corporate Development team, and helped launch the firm’s Insurance Solutions business.

Matthew received a BA in Finance and International Business with a concentration in international studies from Fairfield University.

Takeshi Yamamoto
Principal
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Takeshi Yamamoto
Takeshi Yamamoto
Principal
Tokyo

Takeshi Yamamoto is a Principal at Blue Owl and member of the Institutional Business Development Team. In his role, he focuses on institutional fundraising covering Japanese institutional investors.

Before joining Blue Owl, Takeshi was a Principal and Head of Japan Sales at Ascentium Group, which was acquired by Blue Owl in 2021 to establish its physical presence in Hong Kong. Prior to that, he was a Director and Head of Financial Institutions Sales of Asset Management Division at Credit Suisse Securities Japan, where he was responsible for Private Funds and Direct deals distribution to institutional investors based in Tokyo, Japan. Prior to joining Credit Suisse, Takeshi was a Vice President and started up the Japan institutional business in the Treasury department of OCBC Bank, Singapore, where he distributed a wide range of financial products including Asian credit structured products and Asian mezzanine loan funds to Japanese financial institutions. Before joining OCBC, Takeshi was an Executive Director of Credit Agricole CIB Tokyo to cover Japanese large size financial institutions. Prior to Joining Credit Agricole, he was a Director and a Head of Structured Credit Products Sales at Credit Suisse Securities Japan. Prior to that, Takeshi was a Managing Director of Bear Stearns Japan Ltd., Tokyo Branch covering Japanese financial institutions in Bond and Structured Products Sales. Takeshi began his career in Fixed Income sales to cover Japanese financial institutions at Lehman Brothers Japan Inc.

Takeshi received his BA in Business from Kansai University in Japan.

Mani Yosha
Managing Director
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Mani Yosha
Mani Yosha
Managing Director
New York

Mani Yosha is a Managing Director at Blue Owl and member of the Business Services Platform. In her role, Mani leads the Human Capital Advisory practice which provides GP Strategic Capital Partner Managers with advice and assistance across all aspects of people strategy, including a focus on talent management and acquisition. She also provides services related to employee relations and retention, including performance assessment best practices, situation management and compensation benchmarking.

Before joining Blue Owl, Mani was a Vice President and US Head of Talent Management at Citi's Prime Finance Business Advisory Group. Mani began her career as an Associate at Citi in the Prime Brokerage Division.

Mani received a BS in Business Administration with a concentration in Accounting from Wagner College, where she graduated with honors.

Alex Zilberman
Managing Director
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Alex Zilberman
Alex Zilberman
Managing Director
New York

Alex Zilberman is a Managing Director at Blue Owl and member of the Structured Products and Fund Finance Team.

Prior to Blue Owl, Alex served as Co-head of Structured Credit and Credit Trading at Natixis, where he oversaw the global CLO, Structured Credit Financing, Structured Credit Trading, ABS and Subscription line businesses. Prior to this role, Alex was Global Head of CLO and Structured Credit at Natixis since 2015.  Prior to Natixis, Alex was a structured credit professional and joined Credit Suisse in 2000 after it acquired Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette, where he began his career.  Prior to attending business school, Alex worked as an Engineer in the Israeli Aircraft Industries and served in the Israeli Airforce. 

Alex holds an MBA from the University of Michigan and a B.Sc. in Industrial Engineering and Management from the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology.

Marie Zimny
Principal
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Marie Zimny
Marie Zimny
Principal
Chicago

Marie Zimny is a Principal at Blue Owl and member of the Finance, Accounting & Operations Team. In her role, she focuses on providing accounting and reporting support to the firm’s insurance services initiatives.  Before joining Blue Owl, Marie was Controller at Kuvare Asset Management, predecessor to Blue Owl Insurance Solutions.

Prior to that, Marie was a Director at Guggenheim Partners Investment Management responsible for Insurance Client Support on the Portfolio Management team. Previously, she was Director of Investment Accounting at CNA and Marie began her career at Kemper Financial Services.

Marie received a B.A. in Accounting from St. Xavier University and is a registered Certified Public Accountant in Illinois.

Ivan Zinn
Head of Alternative Credit
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Ivan Zinn
Ivan Zinn
Head of Alternative Credit
New York

Ivan Zinn is a Managing Director at Blue Owl and the Head of Alternative Credit. Ivan Zinn founded Atalaya Capital Management, the predecessor firm to Blue Owl's Alternative Credit team, served as its Managing Partner and Chief Investment Officer. Ivan was previously responsible for HBK Capital Management’s strategy to originate and invest in private credit investments. Prior to HBK, he was in the Special Opportunities Group at Highbridge Capital and a private equity investor at Leonard Green & Partners, L.P. Ivan began his career as an investment banking analyst in the Los Angeles office of Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette.

He holds a BA, magna cum laude, in Physics and Economics from Claremont McKenna College, where he was an NCAA All-American tennis player. Ivan is active in various alumni leadership efforts with Claremont McKenna and is a Board member of the USTA Foundation.