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Scott Kapnick

Net worth $4.7B

Private equity · United States

Born
Feb 09, 1959
Age
67
Source
Private equity
Residence
Naples, Florida
Citizenship
United States
Marital status
Children
0
Education
Doctor of Jurisprudence, The University of Chicago; Master of Business Administration, The University of Chicago; Bachelor of Arts/Economics, Williams College

Net worth over time

Biography

  • Scott Kapnick is founder and CEO of HPS Investment Partners, one of the world's biggest alternative credit managers with $149 billion in assets.
  • He spent 21 years at Goldman Sachs, rising to become co-head of investment banking and co-CEO of Goldman Sachs International.
  • He left Goldman in 2007 to join hedge fund Highbridge Capital after its sale to JPMorgan, eventually building up its credit arm HPS.
  • Kapnick was CEO of Highbridge from 2013 until 2016, when he and the principals bought HPS from JPMorgan in a carveout. Assets have since swelled.
  • He sold HPS to BlackRock in July 2025 for around $12 billion in BlackRock stock.
  • His father was Arthur Andersen CEO Harvey Kapnick, who left the now defunct accounting firm in 1979 after raising concerns over conflicts of interest.

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