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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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Sean Ward
Senior Managing Director
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Directory

Josh Ufberg
Senior Managing Director
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Josh Ufberg
Josh Ufberg
Senior Managing Director
New York

Josh Ufberg is a Senior Managing Director at Blue Owl and member of the Alternative Credit Investment Team. In his role, he leads the team's corporate and opportunistic investing, which includes capital solutions, fund solutions and commercial solutions.

Before joining Blue Owl, Josh was a Partner at Atalaya Capital Management, the predecessor firm to Blue Owl's Alternative Credit team, where he also oversaw the firm’s corporate and opportunistic investing efforts. At Atalaya, Josh sat on the firm’s Executive Committee, Investment Committee for multiple funds, and the firm’s Valuation Committee. Prior to joining Atalaya, Josh was a Vice President at Goldman Sachs, where he was a member of their Special Situations Group, a multi-asset class business which invested Goldman's capital in both the public markets and private transactions in distressed and special situations. Josh has served on the boards of Urban Arts Partnership and the Jewish Community Project, and currently serves on the board of The Natan Fund.

Mr. Ufberg holds a B.A. from Pennsylvania State University and a J.D. from Villanova University. 

Jay Usner
Principal
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Jay Usner
Jay Usner
Principal
Dallas

Jay Usner is a Principal at Blue Owl and member of the Alternative Credit Investment Team. In his role, he focuses on execution of the firm's Real Assets strategies.

Before joining Blue Owl, Jay was a Principal at Atalaya Capital Management, the predecessor firm to Blue Owl’s Alternative Credit team. Prior to that, he held Vice President roles at both Fortress Investment Group and PGIM Real Estate. In those roles he focused on the acquisition and asset management of real estate throughout North America, with strategies ranging from opportunistic to core and across all capital positions. Jay began his career at a family office dedicated to multifamily investments.

Jay received his BA in Economics from the University of Texas at Austin and MBA from the University of Wisconsin, Madison's Graaskamp Center for Real Estate.

John Valtwies
Principal
John Valtwies
Principal
Australia

John Valtwies is a Principal at Blue Owl and member of the Private Wealth Team. In his role, he oversees the business development and growth of the Blue Owl funds as well as client servicing, and operations for wealth management in Australia.

Before joining Blue Owl, John was a senior leader at PIMCO. He managed the firm’s private client relationships, focusing on private banks and ultra-high-net-worth advisory groups. John also led the family office business, successfully developing strong relationships with these unique, and sophisticated investors. He also developed growth strategies to expand the firm's semi-liquid alternative solutions for private clients and advisers. Prior to that, he was a senior research analyst at Morningstar.

With 23 years of investment experience, he holds a certificate in financial markets from FINSIA and received a Bachelor of Business (Economics & Finance) from Western Sydney University.

Pravin Vazirani
Managing Director
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Pravin Vazirani
Pravin Vazirani
Managing Director
Menlo Park

Pravin Vazirani is a Managing Director at Blue Owl and member of the Direct Lending Investment Team. In his role, he serves as the Co-Head of Portfolio Management for the Technology Investing strategy and is a member of the Technology Investing Investment Committee.

Prior to Blue Owl, Pravin was a Managing Director with Menlo Ventures. While at Menlo Ventures, Pravin focused on investments in the SaaS, cloud and ecommerce sectors. Pravin’s prior investments include Poshmark (IPO: POSH); Carbonite (IPO: CARB); Pillpack (acquired by Amazon), Centrality Communications (acquired by SiR F Holdings); EdgeCast Networks (acquired by Verizon); Credant Technologies (acquired by Dell); Like.com (acquired by Google); newScale (acquired by Cisco Systems); and UserZoom (exited position). Pravin's current investments include Toast, Remitly, SalesLoft, CircleCI, Exabeam, Nuvemshop, Arctic Wolf and 6sense. Pravin started his career as an engineer working at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Later, Pravin worked for Pacific Communication Sciences and ADC Telecommunications as a product manager.

Pravin holds BS and MS degrees in Electrical Engineering from MIT and an MBA from the Harvard University Graduate School of Business.

Colin Vick
Managing Director
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Colin Vick
Colin Vick
Managing Director
New York

Colin Vick is a Managing Director at Blue Owl and member of the Institutional Business Development Team. In his role, Colin focuses on North American institutions and consultants.

Before joining Blue Owl, Colin was a Director at GoldenTree Asset Management, a credit firm based in New York, where he worked with US and Canadian institutions and family offices. Prior to that, he was an Associate at Blackstone in the Hedge Funds Solutions Group (BAAM).

Colin received his BS in Economics from the University of Wisconsin – Madison.

Jack Viellieu
Principal
Jack Viellieu
Principal
Chicago

Jack Viellieu is a Principal at Blue Owl and member of the Digital Infrastructure Investment Team. In his role, he focuses on new investment activity, portfolio management, and monetization opportunities across Digital Infrastructure.

Before joining Blue Owl, Jack was a Director at IPI Partners, the predecessor firm to Blue Owl's Digital Infrastructure strategy. Prior to that, he was an Associate at Madison Dearborn Partners, a generalist private equity fund based in Chicago, where he focused on investment opportunities in telecommunications and other industry verticals. Jack began his career as an Investment Banking Analyst in the Retail & Consumer group at Credit Suisse.

Jack received his BA in Economics, magna cum laude, from Middlebury College and earned an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.

Matt Villa
Managing Director
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Matt Villa
Matt Villa
Managing Director
Short Hills

Matt Villa is a Managing Director at Blue Owl and member of the Compliance Team. In his role, he focuses on the strategic and operational needs of the Compliance organization. 

Before joining Blue Owl, Matt was Vice President and Chief Compliance Officer of PGIM Real Estate. Prior to that, Matt was senior vice president and chief compliance officer of a $2 billion value-oriented investment manager owned by Eaton Vance. Prior to that, he was a vice president of compliance for Prudential’s proprietary mutual fund complex. He worked at TD Waterhouse as a vice president and chief compliance officer for the firm’s advisory offerings and at Dreyfus in support of the organization’s cash management and institutional sales teams in the legal affairs department. Matt began his career in an audit function for a New York-based independent broker-dealer. 

Matt received his Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration from the University of Richmond’s Robins School of Business and a Master of Business Administration from Monmouth University’s Leon Hess School of Business. He has held a variety of industry licenses.

Ben Volok
Principal
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Ben Volok
Ben Volok
Principal
Colorado

Ben Volok is a Principal at Blue Owl and member of the Private Wealth Team. In his role, he is focused on the capital raise initiatives and distribution of Blue Owl’s suite of funds, with primary concentration on Wirehouse platforms.

Before joining Blue Owl in 2016, Ben was a Vice President at Guggenheim & CION Securities. Prior to that, he began his career in Private Wealth working with Mutual Funds, 401-K’s & Annuities with The Hartford.

Ben received his BSBA with a focus in Finance, magna cum laude, from the University of Pittsburgh.

Jeff Walwyn
Chief Investment Officer, Insurance
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Jeff Walwyn
Jeff Walwyn
Chief Investment Officer, Insurance
New York

Jeff Walwyn is a Senior Managing Director at Blue Owl and the Chief Investment Officer, Insurance. In his role, he is responsible for developing and implementing investment strategy, policies and risk management as well as participating in strategic planning and corporate development for Insurance Solutions.

Prior to his role as CIO of Insurance Solutions, Jeff was Co-Head of Underwriting overseeing the underwriting of diversified investments in the firm’s Direct Lending business. Before joining Blue Owl in 2017, Jeff was a Managing Director at Guggenheim Partners where he focused on evaluating credit investments. Prior to that, Jeff was a Principal at Apollo Global Management in the Credit group in New York. Prior to those roles, he held positions in credit underwriting at Gulf Stream Asset Management and in Investment Banking at JP Morgan.

Jeff received a BA in Applied Economics and Management, summa cum laude, from Cornell University and an MBA with honors from the Fuqua School of Business at Duke University.

Mark Wan
Principal
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Mark Wan
Mark Wan
Principal
New York

Mark Wan is a Principal at Blue Owl and member of the Direct Lending Investment Team. In his role, he focuses on special situations and opportunistic credit investing.

Before joining Blue Owl, Mark was a Vice President at Fortress Investment Group focused on special situations, event driven and distressed investing for the hedge fund and private equity funds. Mark started his career as an Investment Banking Analyst at Morgan Stanley in New York.

Mark received a BS in Management with concentrations in Finance and Accounting from Boston College, where he graduated magna cum laude.