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Wesley Edens is the Chief Executive Officer and the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Fortress.
He recently co-founded the Manager with Messrs. Kauffman, Nardone and Nygaard, having previously been head of GPF,
as well as a Managing Director of UBS. Mr. Edens was responsible for all aspects of GPF's operations, including
setting investment strategy, creating transaction flow, advising on financing, asset management and acquisition
issues and overseeing the day-to-day activities.
Prior to joining GPF in 1997, Mr. Edens was a partner and
Managing Director of BlackRock Financial Management, Inc. ("BFM") and the Chief Operating Officer of BAI.
In addition, Mr. Edens was formerly a partner and Managing Director of Lehman Brothers, where he was head of
the Non-Agency Mortgage Trading Desk. Mr. Edens was primarily responsible for initially building Lehman's commercial
and non-agency mortgage effort. Mr. Edens received a B.Sc. degree in Finance and Computer Science from Oregon State
University.
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