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Takeshi Yamamoto is a Managing Director at Blue Owl and member of the Institutional Business Development Team. In his role, he focuses on institutional fundraising covering Japanese institutional investors.
Before joining Blue Owl, Takeshi was a Principal and Head of Japan Sales at Ascentium Group, which was acquired by Blue Owl in 2021 to establish its physical presence in Hong Kong. Prior to that, he was a Director and Head of Financial Institutions Sales of Asset Management Division at Credit Suisse Securities Japan, where he was responsible for Private Funds and Direct deals distribution to institutional investors based in Tokyo, Japan. Prior to joining Credit Suisse, Takeshi was a Vice President and started up the Japan institutional business in the Treasury department of OCBC Bank, Singapore, where he distributed a wide range of financial products including Asian credit structured products and Asian mezzanine loan funds to Japanese financial institutions. Before joining OCBC, Takeshi was an Executive Director of Credit Agricole CIB Tokyo to cover Japanese large size financial institutions. Prior to Joining Credit Agricole, he was a Director and a Head of Structured Credit Products Sales at Credit Suisse Securities Japan. Prior to that, Takeshi was a Managing Director of Bear Stearns Japan Ltd., Tokyo Branch covering Japanese financial institutions in Bond and Structured Products Sales. Takeshi began his career in Fixed Income sales to cover Japanese financial institutions at Lehman Brothers Japan Inc.
Takeshi received his BA in Business from Kansai University in Japan.
Mani Yosha is a Senior Managing Director at Blue Owl and member of the Business Services Platform. In her role, Mani leads the Human Capital Advisory practice which provides GP Strategic Capital Partner Managers with advice and assistance across all aspects of people strategy, including a focus on talent management and acquisition. She also provides services related to employee relations and retention, including performance assessment best practices, situation management and compensation benchmarking.
Before joining Blue Owl, Mani was a Vice President and US Head of Talent Management at Citi's Prime Finance Business Advisory Group. Mani began her career as an Associate at Citi in the Prime Brokerage Division.
Mani received a BS in Business Administration with a concentration in Accounting from Wagner College, where she graduated with honors.
Tae Youn Kim is a Managing Director at Blue Owl and member of the Real Estate Digital Infrastructure Investment Team. In his role, he focuses on leading the firm’s APAC digital infrastructure investment initiatives, including portfolio management, new acquisitions and development, disposition, and other fund management activities.
Before joining Blue Owl, Tae Youn was a Managing Director at IPI Partners, the predecessor firm to Blue Owl's Real Estate Digital Infrastructure platform. Prior to that, he was a Managing Director at Iron Point Partners, a real estate private equity firm, where he focused on investments in the data center, industrial, and multifamily sectors. Tae Youn began his career as an Analyst in the Real Estate group of the Goldman Sachs & Co. Investment Banking Division.
Tae Youn earned his BA in Economics from Brandeis University.
Felix Zhang is a Principal at Blue Owl and member of the Direct Lending Investment Team. In his role, he focuses on underwriting and portfolio management of investments in technology companies.
Prior to joining Blue Owl, Felix was an Investment Professional at MGG Investment Group and Partners Group. Felix began his career as an Investment Banking Analyst in the Leveraged Finance Group at Wells Fargo Securities.
Felix received a BS in Business Administration from the University of North Carolina.
Alex Zilberman is a Managing Director at Blue Owl and member of the Structured Products and Fund Finance Team.
Prior to Blue Owl, Alex served as Co-head of Structured Credit and Credit Trading at Natixis, where he oversaw the global CLO, Structured Credit Financing, Structured Credit Trading, ABS and Subscription line businesses. Prior to this role, Alex was Global Head of CLO and Structured Credit at Natixis since 2015. Prior to Natixis, Alex was a structured credit professional and joined Credit Suisse in 2000 after it acquired Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette, where he began his career. Prior to attending business school, Alex worked as an Engineer in the Israeli Aircraft Industries and served in the Israeli Airforce.
Alex holds an MBA from the University of Michigan and a B.Sc. in Industrial Engineering and Management from the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology.
Marie Zimny is a Principal at Blue Owl and member of the Finance, Accounting & Operations Team. In her role, she focuses on providing accounting and reporting support to the firm’s insurance services initiatives. Before joining Blue Owl, Marie was Controller at Kuvare Asset Management, predecessor to Blue Owl Insurance Solutions.
Prior to that, Marie was a Director at Guggenheim Partners Investment Management responsible for Insurance Client Support on the Portfolio Management team. Previously, she was Director of Investment Accounting at CNA. Marie began her career at Kemper Financial Services.
Marie received a BA in Accounting from St. Xavier University and is a registered Certified Public Accountant in Illinois.
Ivan Zinn is a Senior Managing Director at Blue Owl and the Head of Alternative Credit. Ivan Zinn founded Atalaya Capital Management, the predecessor firm to Blue Owl's Alternative Credit team, served as its Managing Partner and Chief Investment Officer. Ivan was previously responsible for HBK Capital Management’s strategy to originate and invest in private credit investments. Prior to HBK, he was in the Special Opportunities Group at Highbridge Capital and a private equity investor at Leonard Green & Partners, L.P. Ivan began his career as an investment banking analyst in the Los Angeles office of Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette.
He holds a BA, magna cum laude, in Physics and Economics from Claremont McKenna College, where he was an NCAA All-American tennis player. Ivan is active in various alumni leadership efforts with Claremont McKenna and is a Board member of the USTA Foundation.