Co-Founder & Co-Chairman
Oaktree Capital Management
Mr. Marks is co-founder and co-Chairman of Oaktree, where he spends most of his time determining and communicating regarding the firm’s strategic posture. In addition to leading Oaktree, he is well known for the “memos to Oaktree clients” he has written over the last 33 years and his books, The Most Important Thing (2011) and Mastering the Market Cycle (2018). Mr. Marks holds a B.S.Ec. degree cum laude in finance from the Wharton School and an M.B.A. in accounting and marketing from the Booth School of Business of the University of Chicago. He is a CFA® charterholder; Trustee and Advisory member of the Investment Committee of the Metropolitan Museum of Art; member of the Investment Committee of the Royal Drawing School in London; and Emeritus Trustee of the University of Pennsylvania, where from 2000 to 2010 he chaired the Investment Board.
Partner
Kirkland & Ellis
Hamed Meshki is a partner in Kirkland’s Los Angeles corporate group. His practice focuses on highly structured and complex business transactions, including mergers & acquisitions, leveraged buyouts, restructurings, recapitalizations and financings. Hamed has structured, negotiated and completed transactions in a wide variety of industries, including apparel, broadcast media, consumer products, energy and oilfield services, gaming and lodging, healthcare, industrials and manufacturing, publishing, software and technology, sports and entertainment, and transportation and shipping.
