Wesley R. Edens
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Biographical Information
"Wesley R. Edens is a principal and Co-Chairman of the Board of Directors of Fortress Investment Group LLC. Mr. Edens has been Co-Chairman of the Board of Directors since August 2009 and a member of the Board of Directors of Fortress since November 2006. Mr. Edens has been a member of the Management Committee of Fortress since 1998. Mr. Edens is responsible for the Company’s private equity and publicly traded alternative investment businesses.
"Prior to co-founding Fortress in 1998, Mr. Edens was a partner and managing director of BlackRock Financial Management Inc., where he headed BlackRock Asset Investors, a private equity fund. In addition, Mr. Edens was formerly a partner and managing director of Lehman Brothers. Mr. Edens received a B.S. in Finance from Oregon State University."[1]
Affiliations
- Director, Fortress Investment Group
- Chair, Mapeley [2]
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References
- ↑ Fortress Investment Group Wesley R. Edens, organizational web page, accessed September 27, 2012.
- ↑ Mapeley Board, organizational web page, accessed September 27, 2012.
