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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

Dan Kosydar
Principal
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Dan Kosydar
Dan Kosydar
Principal
Short Hills

Dan Kosydar is a Principal at Blue Owl and member of the Finance, Accounting & Operations Team. In his role, he focuses on supporting the firm’s short and long-term forecasting and planning processes.

Before joining Blue Owl, Dan was a Vice President at Brookfield Properties in the Hospitality Real Estate Group. Prior to that, he was a Vice President at Watermark Lodging Trust, a non-traded REIT focused on high-quality hotel assets. Dan began his career at W.P. Carey, Inc. in various FP&A and Corporate Finance roles.

Dan received his BS in Finance and Business Administration, from King’s College.

Karin Kringen
Managing Director
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Karin Kringen
Karin Kringen
Managing Director
New York

Karin Kringen is a Managing Director at Blue Owl and member of the Legal Team. In her role, she focuses on providing legal advice relating to capital markets/financing, SEC reporting, corporate governance and investor relations.

Before joining Blue Owl, Karin was in-house capital markets counsel at Wells Fargo, Credit Suisse and Deutsche Bank. Karin began her career as an Associate at Milbank LLP.

Karin received her JD from the University of Michigan Law School and holds a BA in Economics and Government, cum laude, from Smith College.

Ken Kroszner
Managing Director
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Ken Kroszner
Ken Kroszner
Managing Director
Greenwich

Ken Kroszner is a Managing Director at Blue Owl and member of the Liquid Credit Investment Team. In his role, he is responsible for structured credit investing and liquid credit financing.

Before joining Blue Owl, Ken was a member of the performing credit team at Littlejohn & Co. as a structured credit portfolio manager. Prior to that, he was responsible for managing CLO tranche investments and CMBS analysis at Bayview Asset Management. Ken began his career at Royal Bank of Scotland where he published securitized credit research and assisted in the origination and trading of CLOs.

Ken received his BS in Finance from the University of Connecticut.

Young Kwon
Managing Director
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Young Kwon
Young Kwon
Managing Director
Greenwich

Young Kwon is a Managing Director 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 industrials, aerospace & defense, transportation & logistics and metals & mining sectors.

Before joining Blue Owl, Young was a Senior Vice President at Alcentra, a global high yield and leverage loan focused asset manager. Prior to that, he was an Associate Portfolio Manager and Senior Research Analyst at Lord Abbett & Co., a $200bn+ mutual fund manager. Young also spent time as a desk and publishing research analyst at Barclays Capital covering high yield debt.

Young received his MBA from the University of Michigan Ross School of Business and BA in International Relations from Tufts University.

Vincent LaBarbera
Head of Compensation, Payroll and Carried Interest Accounting
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Vincent LaBarbera
Vincent LaBarbera
Head of Compensation, Payroll and Carried Interest Accounting
Short Hills

Vincent LaBarbera is a Managing Director at Blue Owl and the Head of Compensation, Payroll and Carried Interest Accounting. In his role he focuses on the accounting and operations of Blue Owl’s compensation programs.

Before joining Blue Owl, Vincent was an Executive Director and Corporate Controller at CIFC Asset Management LLC, an alternative credit investment firm based in New York. Prior to that, he held positions at GreenOak Real Estate, Sculptor Capital Management and JPMorgan Chase.

Vincent received a BS in Accounting from the City University of New York, College of Staten Island.

Ed Labrenz
Managing Director
Ed Labrenz
Managing Director
Greenwich

Ed Labrenz is a Managing Director at Blue Owl and member of the Structured Products and Fund Finance Team. Based in Greenwich, CT. he focuses on supporting the Firm’s Structured Products and Fund Finance activity.

Prior to joining Blue Owl, Edward was the Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer at Par-Four Investment Management, LLC where he was responsible for the financial, operational and regulatory actions of the Firm. This included the development, implementation and oversight of policies, procedures and systems utilized in managing a platform of alternative funds and CLOs. Prior to joining Par-Four, Ed started his career at Paloma Partners, a diversified muti-strategy hedge fund, as Vice President in their accounting department. 

Ed graduated with honors from Mount Saint Mary College with a BS in accounting.

Jonathan Lamm
Chief Financial Officer, Credit
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Jonathan Lamm
Jonathan Lamm
Chief Financial Officer, Credit
Short Hills

Jonathan Lamm is a Managing Director at Blue Owl and the Chief Financial Officer, Credit. In his role, Jonathan serves as the Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer of each of Blue Owl Capital Corporation, Blue Owl Technology Finance Corp. and Blue Owl Technology Finance Corp. II, Chief Financial Officer of each of Blue Owl Capital Corporation II and Blue Owl Capital Corporation III and Vice President of each of Blue Owl Credit Income Corp. and Blue Owl Technology Income Corp. Jonathan is a member of the firm's Operating Committee as well as the Credit platform’s Operating and Valuation Committees.

Prior to joining Blue Owl, Jonathan served as the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of Goldman Sachs BDC, Inc. (GSBD), a business development company traded on the New York Stock Exchange. Jonathan was responsible for building and overseeing GSBD's finance, treasury, accounting and operations functions from April 2013 through March 2021, including during its initial public offering in March 2015. During his time at Goldman Sachs, Jonathan also served as Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of Goldman Sachs Private Middle Market Credit LLC, Goldman Sachs Private Middle Market Credit II LLC and Goldman Sachs Middle Market Lending Corp. prior to the completion of its merger with GSBD in October 2020. Throughout his twenty-two years at Goldman Sachs, Jonathan held various positions. From 2013 to 2021, Jonathan served as Managing Director, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer at GSAM Credit Alternatives. From 2007 to 2013, Jonathan served as Vice President, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer at GSAM Credit Alternatives. From 2005 to 2007, Jonathan served as Vice President in the Financial Reporting group and, from 1999 to 2005, he served as a Product Controller. Prior to joining Goldman Sachs, Jonathan worked in public accounting at Deloitte & Touche.

Jonathan graduated from Queens College, City University, New York and is a certified public accountant.

Lily Lau
Principal
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Lily Lau
Lily Lau
Principal
New York

Lily Lau is a Principal at Blue Owl and member of the Finance, Accounting & Operations Team. In her role on the Investment Operations team, she focuses on Data Integrity and Onboarding for the Direct Lending business on the firm's Credit platform.

Before joining Blue Owl, Lily was Assistant Vice President at CIFC Asset Management, LLC where she focused on Loan Administration and Data Integrity in their Middle Office Operations team.  Prior to that, she was Associate Director in the Bank Loan Service Team at SS&C Technologies, Inc., a FinTech company supporting buyside clients in Middle Office Operations and Software.  Lily began her career as a Trade Assistant and Operations Analyst at Guggenheim Partners Asset Management, LLC.

Lily received her Bachelor of Business Administration in Finance and Investments from Baruch College/CUNY.

Matt Laurino
Managing Director
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Matt Laurino
Matt Laurino
Managing Director
New York

Matt Laurino is a Managing Director at Blue Owl and member of the Structured Products and Fund Finance Team. In his role, Matt is a member of the Structured Products Team where he co-leads the team’s capital markets effort and has a primary focus on securitized private credit formation and execution. Based in New York, Matt spearheads the firm’s Private Credit CLO business and has a key focus on structuring other structured credit transactions including structured insurance solutions, warehouse lines, and other capital markets transactions. 

Before joining Blue Owl in 2019, Matt was a Deputy Portfolio Manager and Structurer at UNTL Capital LLC, a macro product focused managed account fund. Prior to that, he was an Associate at Bank of America Merrill Lynch in its Global Capital Markets Division where he started his career as an Analyst in its Derivative Origination and Solutions Group. 

Matt received a BA in Finance from Villanova University and MBA from Cornell University.

Tola Lawal
Principal
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Tola Lawal
Tola Lawal
Principal
Greenwich

Tola Lawal 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 chemical and energy sectors.

Before joining Blue Owl, Tola was a Credit Analyst at Littlejohn & Co., a middle-market private equity fund based in Greenwich, CT. Prior to that, he was a Research Analyst at Covenant Credit Partners. Tola began his career as an Investment Banking Analyst at J.P. Morgan in the Corporate Finance Advisory Group.

Tola received his BS in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University.