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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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Sean Ward
Senior Managing Director
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Directory

Christy Chan
Principal
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Christy Chan
Christy Chan
Principal
Hong Kong

Christy Chan is a Principal at Blue Owl and member of the Private Wealth Team. In her role, she focuses on supporting the firm’s Private Wealth business development in Asia.

Before joining Blue Owl, Christy was a Director at Value Partners. Prior to that, she was a Vice President at Neuberger Berman's Financial Institutions business development based in Hong Kong. She also gained her private banking experience at Standard Chartered Bank, National Australia Bank and Merrill Lynch. Christy began her career as a Financial Services Officer at HSBC.

Christy received her BA in Economics from the University of New South Wales.

Joe Check
Managing Director
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Joe Check
Joe Check
Managing Director
Chicago

Joe Check is a Managing Director at Blue Owl and member of the Real Estate Investment Team. In his role, he focuses on capital markets, arranging all of the financing needs of the firm and managing relationships with the lending community.

Before joining Blue Owl, Joe was Head of US Capital Markets at Heitman. Prior to that, he was a Vice President in the Real Estate Merchant Banking Group at Wells Fargo.

Joe received a BS in Finance from the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University and earned his MBA from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.

Jack Chen
Principal
Jack Chen
Principal
New York

Jack Chen is a Principal at Blue Owl and member of the Legal Team. In his role, he focuses on legal and structural aspects of investments in private asset-backed securities and asset based finance transactions. Before joining Blue Owl, Jack was Head of Structured Credit-Legal at Kuvare Asset Management, predecessor to Blue Owl Insurance Solutions.

Prior to that, he supported MetLife Investment Management's fixed income legal team, focusing primarily on private asset-backed securities transactions.

Jack received his BA from Columbia College, Columbia University and his JD from Fordham University Law School. 

Nick Chong
Principal
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Nick Chong
Nick Chong
Principal
Greenwich

Nick Chong is a Principal 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 technology and software sectors.

Before joining Blue Owl, Nick was a Senior Credit Analyst at Littlejohn & Co., a middle-market private equity fund based in Greenwich, CT. Prior to that, he was a Vice President at Golub Capital on the Direct Lending team in Chicago. Prior to that, Nick was a Vice President in the Leveraged Finance Group at RBC Capital Markets. Nick began his career at Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) in its Leveraged Finance Group.

Nick received his BA in Government from Cornell University.

Notae Chong
Managing Director
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Notae Chong
Notae Chong
Managing Director
Short Hills

Notae Chong is a Managing Director at Blue Owl and member of the Finance, Accounting & Operations Team. In his role, he focuses on the financial reporting function, which includes SEC and management reporting.

Before joining Blue Owl, he served as a Director in Finance at Annaly Capital Management, Inc. (“Annaly”), where his responsibilities included oversight of financial reporting, corporate accounting and financial controls functions. At Annaly, he also served as the Head of Inclusion, where he focused on efforts to create a more diverse, equitable and inclusive workplace. Prior to Annaly, he served in a number of senior roles at Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, Inc. and Stifel Financial Corp., including Senior Vice President, Director of SEC Reporting and Accounting Policy, and financial controllership roles. He began his career at Deloitte LLP and provided assurance and advisory services to clients in the financial services industry, including alternative asset managers, publicly traded business development companies and private real estate entities.

Notae graduated from Rutgers University with a BS in Accounting.

Kevin Christy
Managing Director
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Kevin Christy
Kevin Christy
Managing Director
Chicago

Kevin Christy is a Managing Director at Blue Owl and member of the Compliance Team. In his role, he focuses on leading the firm’s Compliance Testing and Controls Program.

Before joining Blue Owl, Kevin was an exam manager in the SEC’s Division of Examinations and an attorney in the SEC’s Office of General Counsel. Prior to that, he was a member of the investment management practice at K&L Gates in Washington, D.C., where he advised mutual funds, ETFs, their boards of directors, and investment advisers on fund governance and regulatory issues related to the federal securities laws.

Kevin received his JD from the Washington College of Law at American University and holds a BA in government from Georgetown University.

Peter Chung
Managing Director
Peter Chung
Managing Director
New York

Peter Chung is a Managing Director at Blue Owl and member of the Investment Grade Private Lending Investment Team. In his role, he is responsible for overseeing the investment and portfolio management activities of the Asset-Based Finance team supporting the firm’s insurance solutions business. Prior to joining Blue Owl, Peter was a Managing Director in the Asset-Based Finance team at Kuvare Asset Management, predecessor to Blue Owl Insurance Solutions, responsible for originating and structuring private ABF investments as well as evaluating investment opportunities in the broadly syndicated ABS and RMBS markets.

Prior to Kuvare, Peter worked at Deutsche Bank, where he specialized in originating and structuring ABS backed by a variety of traditional and esoteric assets. Prior to that, he was a Director at Wells Fargo Securities with a focus on securitized products. Peter also held roles at Fitch Ratings ABS team as a credit analyst and a chief model officer.

Peter received his MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business and holds a bachelor’s degree from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.

Guy Clark
Chief Operating Officer, Institutional Business Development
Guy Clark
Chief Operating Officer, Institutional Business Development
New York

Guy Clark is a Managing Director at Blue Owl and the Chief Operating Officer, Institutional Business Development. In his role, he focuses on client operations. Before joining Blue Owl, Guy was the Head of Client Relations at Pretium. Prior to that, he was the Head of Marketing Operations and Strategy at York Capital, and the Marketing Group COO at Angelo Gordon. He held multiple roles at Oaktree Capital Management, including Senior Vice President and Vice President in the Marketing & Client Relations team. Guy began his career in London working as both an Associate at Helix Associates and as an Analyst at McKinsey & Company.

Guy received an MA in Geography from the University of Oxford and an MA in International Relations from the University of Warwick.

Ryan Clark
Managing Director
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Ryan Clark
Ryan Clark
Managing Director
New York

Ryan Clark is a Managing Director at Blue Owl and member of the Institutional Business Development Team. Ryan has 17 years of asset management experience and oversees the business development and client service effort for Blue Owl’s investment consultant relationships.

Prior to joining Blue Owl, Ryan worked for PIMCO, Octagon Credit Investors, and BlackRock.

Ryan serves as a Trustee of the College Men’s Club of Westfield, which provides scholarships to promising and deserving graduates from Westfield High School in New Jersey. 

Ryan graduated from the University of Michigan with a BA in Economics.  Ryan is a CFA Charterholder.

James Clarke
Global Head of Institutional Business Development
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James Clarke
James Clarke
Global Head of Institutional Business Development
New York

James Clarke is a Managing Director at Blue Owl and the Global Head of Institutional Business Development. James has 23 years of asset management experience and oversees the business development and client service for Blue Owl’s institutional investors including public and corporate pensions, sovereign wealth funds, foundations and endowments, healthcare plans and large family offices globally.

Prior to joining Blue Owl, he worked for PIMCO, GoldenTree Asset Management and Landmark Partners.

Originally from Australia, James has a BA from the University of Sydney.