Douglas Ostrover
Co-Founder & CEO
Blue Owl Capital
Doug Ostrover is a Co-Founder of Owl Rock Capital Partners LP and also serves as Chief Executive Officer and Co-Chief Investment Officer of Owl Rock Capital Advisors LLC, Owl Rock Technology Advisors LLC, Owl Rock Diversified Advisors LLC and Owl Rock Private Fund Advisors LLC, and is a member of the Investment Committee of each of the Company, Owl Rock Capital Corporation II, Owl Rock Capital Corporation III, Owl Rock Technology Finance Corp. and Owl Rock Core Income Corp. In addition, Mr. Ostrover served on the boards of directors of the Company and Owl Rock Corporation II from 2016-2021, on the board of directors of Owl Rock Technology Finance Corp. from 2018-2021, and on the boards of directors of Owl Rock Capital Corporation III and Owl Rock Core Income Corp. from 2020-2021.
Mr. Ostrover is also a Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Blue Owl, a member of the firm’s Executive Committee and a member of the firm’s board of directors.
Prior to co-founding Owl Rock, Mr. Ostrover was one of the founders of GSO Capital Partners (GSO), Blackstone’s alternative credit platform, and a Senior Managing Director at Blackstone until June 2015. Prior to co-founding GSO in 2005, Mr. Ostrover was a Managing Director and Chairman of the Leveraged Finance Group of Credit Suisse First Boston (CSFB). Prior to his role as Chairman, Mr. Ostrover was Global Co-Head of CSFB’s Leveraged Finance Group, during which time he was responsible for all of CSFB’s origination, distribution and trading activities relating to high yield securities, leveraged loans, high yield credit derivatives and distressed securities. Mr. Ostrover was a member of CSFB’s Management Council and the Fixed Income Operating Committee. Mr. Ostrover joined CSFB in November 2000 when CSFB acquired Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette (DLJ), where he was a Managing Director in charge of High Yield and Distressed Sales, Trading and Research. Mr. Ostrover had been a member of DLJ’s high yield team since he joined the firm in 1992.
Mr. Ostrover is actively involved in non profit organizations including serving on the Board of Directors of the Michael J. Fox Foundation. Mr. Ostrover is also a board member of the Brunswick School. Mr. Ostrover received a BA in Economics from the University of Pennsylvania and an MBA from New York University Stern School of Business.