Co-Chief Executive Officer
Blue Owl Capital Inc.
Marc Lipschultz is a Co-Chief Executive Officer of Blue Owl Capital Inc., a member of the firm’s Executive Committee and a member of the firm’s board of directors. Marc also serves as a Co-Chief Investment Officer for each of the Blue Owl Credit Advisers. Previously, Marc co-founded Owl Rock Capital Partners, the predecessor firm to Blue Owl’s Credit platform.
Prior to co-founding Owl Rock, Mr. Lipschultz spent more than two decades at KKR, and he served on the firm’s Management Committee and as the Global Head of Energy and Infrastructure. Mr. Lipschultz has a wide range of experience in alternative investments, including leadership roles in private credit, private equity, and real assets. Prior to joining KKR, Mr. Lipschultz was with Goldman, Sachs & Co., where he focused on mergers and acquisitions and principal investment activities.
Mr. Lipschultz serves on the board of the Hess Corporation and is actively involved in a variety of non-profit organizations, serving as a board member of the American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research, Michael J. Fox Foundation, Mount Sinai Health System, Riverdale Country School, Stanford University Board of Trustees and the 92nd Street Y.
Mr. Lipschultz received an A.B. with honors and distinction, Phi Beta Kappa, from Stanford University and an M.B.A. with high distinction, Baker Scholar, from Harvard Business School.
Partner
Kirkland & Ellis
Edward Sassower serves on the Firm’s Executive Committee and is a partner in the Restructuring Group. He focuses on representing debtors, creditors and distressed or special situation investors in bankruptcy cases, out-of-court restructurings and acquisitions.
Edward has consistently been recognized by Chambers USA, America’s Leading Lawyers for Business and Chambers Global, The World’s Leading Lawyers for Business. Most recently, clients praised him as a “superb and charismatic leader” and “the maestro of the bankruptcy practice.” Interviewees described Edward as “one of those rare people who comes along once in a while who has a legal mind and a business mind.” He has also been described as a “master strategist and brilliant technician” who “demonstrates incredible creativity” with “both a brilliant and commanding understanding of the law as well as a complete and thoughtful view of business” noting that his “ability to build consensus and to coalesce the group around important issues was stunning.” Client and peer quotes have also described Edward as a “really talented and very savvy deal-maker” with “deep relationships in the bankruptcy community” and praised him for his “command of a board of directors,” “tremendous credibility in the courtroom,” and his focus on “delivering a great job for his clients.” Client and peer quotes also commend Edward on his “leadership to clients who have never experienced the complexity and intensity of bankruptcy” noting he “has the ability to see the big picture of the case at all times and can anticipate the next several steps necessary to keep the case on track.” Interviewees praised Edward for his “great understanding of the impact of decisions on business” and his ability to “facilitate communication and dialogue and provide leadership,” while having “a good relationship with other professionals that transcends the adversarial aspects of cases.”
Edward has also consistently been recognized in The Legal 500 U.S. Client and peer quotes praise Edward for being a “tireless advocate with a highly evolved understanding of what matters to financial clients,” a “true business-savvy deal lawyer who knows when to fight and when to negotiate” and “as good as it gets in the bankruptcy area.”
Edward is an Adjunct Full Professor of Finance at The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania where he teaches the “Corporate Restructuring” course every Fall. Edward also serves on the boards of numerous charities including UJA - Federation of New York.
Edward Sassower received a B.A. from Duke University and a J.D. from Duke University School of Law.
