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 is a Managing Director at Blue Owl and member of the Institutional Capital 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 is a Managing Director 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.

Samantha Vlahos is a Principal at Blue Owl and member of the Private Wealth Marketing Team. As Head of Digital & Campaigns for the client businesses, she leads data-driven marketing campaigns and digital experiences that amplify the Blue Owl brand, advance fundraising initiatives, and enable client-facing teams across Private Wealth and Institutional Capital.
 
Samantha joined the firm from BlackRock, where she was previously an Associate on the US EII Client Marketing team. Her earlier experience includes partnering with pharmaceutical companies on strategic marketing and communications programs.
 
She earned a BA in Public Relations and Business Administration from The University of Alabama and studied abroad in London.

Jim Vogel is a Principal at Blue Owl and member of the Corporate Operations & Strategy Team. In his role, he directs construction activities and maintains the office infrastructure for Blue Owl offices globally.

Before joining Blue Owl, Jim was a Senior Project Manager at Tristar Construction. Prior to that he was a Senior Project Manager at Elysium Construction. Jim began his Project Management career at The Company, a construction firm specializing in high-end interior fit outs.

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 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 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.
 

Amy Wang is a Principal at Blue Owl and member of the Tax Team. In her role, she is primarily focused on tax accounting, financial statement reporting, and tax compliance.

Before joining Blue Owl, Amy was a Director at PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP in the Banking and Capital Markets group where she specialized in tax accounting and reporting and partnership compliance.

Amy received a BS and MS in Accounting from New York University and is a licensed Certified Public Accountant in New York.

Andrew Webster is a Principal at Blue Owl and member of the Finance, Accounting & Operations Team. In his role, he is responsible for compliance, risk and reporting for products in the Direct Lending business on the firm’s Credit platform.

Before joining Blue Owl, Andrew was a Vice President at Bardin Hill Investment Partners. Prior to that, he was at PwC.

Andrew received his BS in Finance and Accounting from Boston College.