Adam Forchheimer is a Managing Director at Blue Owl and member of the Direct Lending Investment Team. Adam is the Head of Portfolio Management, focusing on credit risk management and oversight of the entire portfolio of direct lending investments.

Before joining Blue Owl, Adam was a Managing Director at Credit Suisse in each of the Leveraged Finance departments where he ran the Bridge Finance Group and in the Asset Management division where he was the US Portfolio Manager for a distressed credit winddown fund. Adam began his career as a securities and banking attorney at the law firm of Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP.

Adam received a JD from Harvard Law School and holds a BS with Honors in Industrial and Labor Relations from Cornell University.

Lauren Foster is a Principal at Blue Owl and member of the Corporate Marketing Team. In her role, she focuses on developing the firm’s content marketing strategy.

Before joining Blue Owl, Lauren served as Chief of Staff to the CEO at Hertz. Prior to that, she was Vice President of Content Strategy at Goldman Sachs.

Lauren received her MBA from Columbia Business School, Master’s in Journalism from Columbia Journalism School and BA from Wellesley College.

Katie Fowler is a Principal at Blue Owl and member of the Private Wealth Team. In her role, Katie leads Credit Portfolio Strategy and holds over a decade of experience in Credit within Private Wealth Management. Katie and her team are responsible for supporting the growth of the firm’s Credit platform by acting as a conduit between the direct lending investment team and global Private Wealth distribution channel.
 
Prior to Blue Owl, Katie was a Principal at Blackstone where she led the Credit Product Strategy efforts within Private Wealth Solutions. Her focus was dedicated to supporting the growth of the Blackstone Private Credit Fund (“BCRED”) with Financial Advisors and Home Office clients globally.

Katie’s experience in Credit markets began at BlackRock where she led the Private Wealth Strategy team within the Global Credit platform. In this capacity, she provided portfolio and market insights regarding Private Credit, High Yield Bond, Leveraged Loan, and Multi-Strategy Credit funds.

She began her career in the Investment Management Division at Goldman Sachs, specifically within Private Wealth Management. 
 
Katie graduated from Georgetown University with a BA in International Politics.

Justin Frantzreb is a Principal at Blue Owl and member of the Finance, Accounting & Operations Team. In his role, he focuses on supporting the firm’s alternative credit business.

Before joining Blue Owl, Justin was the Director of Operations and Treasury at Atalaya Capital Management, the predecessor firm to Blue Owl’s Alternative Credit team. Prior to that, he was an Associate at Cerberus Capital Management LP, focused on CLO Compliance, Bank Debt and Trade Operations. Justin began his career at Morrison & Foerster LLP.

Justin received his BA in International Economics, from The George Washington University (Elliott School of International Affairs).

Josh Friedman is a Senior Managing Director at Blue Owl and member of the Digital Infrastructure Investment Team. In his role, he is involved in all aspects of new investment, portfolio management, disposition, and Fund management activities. He also serves as a member of the Team's Investment Committee.

Before joining Blue Owl, Josh was a Partner at IPI Partners, the predecessor firm to Blue Owl's Digital Infrastructure strategy. Prior to that, he was a Principal at Sterling Partners, a multi-strategy private equity firm where he spent the majority of his time focused on investments in the data center sector. Before joining Sterling Partners, Josh was an Associate at Versa Capital Management, a private equity firm focused on distressed and special situations investments. Josh began his career as an Analyst in the Financial Restructuring Group at Houlihan Lokey.

Josh earned his BS in Economics from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and his MBA from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.

Allie Fuss is a Principal at Blue Owl and member of the Liquid Credit Investment Team. In her role, she focuses on trading broadly syndicated leveraged loans on behalf of both the Liquid and Private Credit strategies.

Before joining Blue Owl, Allie was a Director at CBAM Partners, a CLO manager founded in 2016 that was acquired by The Carlyle Group in 2022. She started her career on the Leveraged Loan trading desk at Morgan Stanley.

Allie received her BA in Economics from Johns Hopkins University, where she graduated as a member of Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society.

Michael Gabriel is a Managing Director at Blue Owl and member of the GP Strategic Capital Investment Team. In his role, he focuses on evaluating investment opportunities, and underwriting equity and financing transactions for the GP Strategic Capital investment team.

Michael joined in 2015 from Deutsche Bank’s Mergers & Acquisitions Group, where he advised corporate clients and financial sponsors on the evaluation and execution of transactions.

Michael earned an MBA from New York University’s Stern School of Business, and a BA from the College of the Holy Cross. He also holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.

Roberto Garibay is a Principal at Blue Owl and member of the Finance, Accounting & Operations Team. In his role, he focuses on supporting data integrity, asset & cash reconciliations, and valuations for the firm’s insurance solutions business.

Before joining Blue Owl, Roberto performed the same role at Kuvare Asset Management, predecessor to Blue Owl Insurance Solutions. Prior to that, Roberto was an Insurance Client Service & On-Boarding Specialist at Guggenheim Partners Investment Management, LLC and an Accounting Manager at CNA Insurance within the Investment and Finance areas.

Roberto received his BS in Accounting, Beta Gamma Sigma, from the University of Illinois at Chicago.

Chris Gates is a Managing Director at Blue Owl and member of the Institutional Business Development Team. In his role, he focuses on developing partnerships with institutional investors. 

Before joining Blue Owl, Chris was Head of Marketing and Investor Relations at Marblegate Asset Management, a distressed debt investment firm. Prior to that, he was a Managing Director at Tricadia Capital Management, a multi-strategy credit hedge fund, where he was responsible for leading the institutional business development effort. Prior to that, Chris was a member of the institutional sales team at Mariner Investment Group, where he oversaw the internal business development group. Earlier in his career, he was a member of the institutional marketing and client service group at Bear Stearns Asset Management. 

Chris received his BA in American Studies from Colby College, and holds the Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst designation.

Grant Gaughrin is a Principal at Blue Owl and member of the Net Lease Investment Team. In his role, he focuses on capital markets and sourcing new investments.

Before joining Blue Owl, Grant began his career as an Investment Banking Analyst in the Financial Institutions Group at Keefe Bruyette & Woods, a Stifel company.

Grant received his BA in Economics from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.