Executive Profile

Howard Gellis Chief Executive Officer, Director and Senior Managing Director of Blackstone Mezzanine Advisors L P, Blackridge Investment Corp.

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Background

Mr. Howard Gellis serves as Chief Executive Officer of Blackridge Investment Corp. Mr. Gellis serves as Senior Managing Director of Blackstone Mezzanine Advisors L P. He served as Senior Managing Director and Head of Corporate Debt Investments at The Blackstone Group, Corporate Debt Group, Blackstone Mezzanine Partners II, L.P and Blackstone Mezzanine Partners, L.P. He was a Managing Director at The Blackstone Group LP. He was a Senior Managing Director and Head of Blackstone’s ... Corporate Debt Investment group which he co-founded in 1999. Before joining Blackstone, Mr. Gellis was a Managing Director of Nomura Holding America, Inc.’s Leveraged Capital Group, which he founded in 1994. Previously, he headed mezzanine and institutional marketing activities for Alliance Capital Management, L.P.’s corporate finance group (and its predecessor, Equitable Capital Management Corporation) from 1987 to 1994. Prior to that, Mr. Gellis was a Vice President and General Manager of General Electric Capital Corporation’s Western Corporate Finance Department. He was an Investment Professional at AllianceBernstein L.P. He has been a leveraged finance professional for more than 20 years. He serves as a Director of Blackridge Investment Corp. and The Blackstone Group, Private Equity Group. He serves as a Member of the Advisory Board at Emerald Creek Capital. Mr. Gellis received a B.S. from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.

Corporate Headquarters 345 Park Avenue New York, New York 10154 United States Phone: 212-583-5000 Fax: -- Board Members Memberships Director The Blackstone Group, Private Equity Group Chief Executive Officer, Director and Senior Managing Director of Blackstone Mezzanine Advisors L P Blackridge Investment Corp. Education MBA Harvard Business School BS University of Pennsylvania - The Wharton School Other Affiliations The Blackstone Group, Private Equity Group General Electric Capital Corporation The Blackstone Group L.P. Nomura Holding America, Inc. Harvard Business School Blackstone Mezzanine Partners, L.P. AllianceBernstein L.P. University of Pennsylvania - The Wharton School The Blackstone Group, Corporate Debt Group Blackstone Mezzanine Partners II, L.P. Blackstone Mezzanine Partners III, LP Blackstone Mezzanine Holdings II L.P. Emerald Creek Capital, LLC

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