Mr Marc Lasry

KANDO id: 39470

Bio

Mr Lasry is the Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and a Co-Founder of Avenue. He is also a co-founder of Amroc. Since February 2009, Mr Lasry has assumed day-to-day investment responsibilities for the Avenue US funds. Distressed investing has been the focus of his professional career for over 24 years. Prior to operating Amroc as an independent entity, Mr Lasry managed capital for Amroc Investments LP, the predecessor firm associated with Robert Bass Group Inc. Mr Lasry and Amroc Investments LP were affiliated with Acadia Partners LP, an investment partnership whose general partners include Keystone Inc (an investment firm that was associated with the Robert Bass Group Inc), American Express Company and the Equitable Life Assurance Society of America. Prior to that, Mr Lasry was Co-Director of the Bankruptcy and Corporate Reorganization Department at Cowen & Company. Prior to that time, he served as Director of the Private Debt Department at Smith Vasiliou Management Company. Mr Lasry also clerked for the Honorable Edward Ryan, former Chief Bankruptcy Judge of the Southern District of New York. Mr Lasry has served and will continue to serve on the board of advisors/directors of both for-profit and not-for-profit public and private companies that are not affiliated with Avenue. Mr Lasry holds a BA in History from Clark University and a JD from New York Law School.

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