Bruce Karsh
$2.4B
Born
Oct 10, 1955
Age
70
Source of Wealth
Private equity
Residence
Los Angeles, California
Citizenship
United States
Marital Status
Married
Children
3
Education
Bachelor of Arts/Science, Duke University; Doctor of Jurisprudence, University of Virginia
- Bruce Karsh runs Los Angeles-based private equity firm Oaktree Capital Management with longtime partner Howard Marks; they founded it in 1995.
- In 2019, Brookfield Asset Management acquired 61% of Oaktree for roughly $4.9 billion in cash and stock.
- Karsh still runs the company, which had been publicly traded and which continues to operate independently, as co-chairman and CFO.
- A leading debt investor, Oaktree manages over $160 billion in assets, two thirds of which is invested in corporate or distressed debt.
- Karsh and his wife, Martha, have donated more than $340 million to causes including education, democracy and community initiatives through their Karsh Family Foundation.
- Karsh, a rock-and-roll memorabilia collector, owns the rights to the Beatles' movie "A Hard Day's Night," and co-owns the rights to "Help!"
- Karsh is a minority owner of the Golden State Warriors. He made a play for the Los Angeles Clippers in 2014, but was outbid by Microsoft billionaire Steve Ballmer.
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