Steven Tananbaum is managing partner and chief investment officer of GoldenTree Asset Management. As a founding partner and executive committee member, Tananbaum has been instrumental in building GoldenTree into an organization with 24 partners, 184 employees and approximately $17 billion of assets under management. Prior to forming GoldenTree, Tananbaum worked at MacKay Shields, joining the firm as an investment specialist in 1989 and becoming head of its high-yield group in 1991. In 1997, he created the firm's hedge fund area and became lead portfolio manager. Tananbaum previously worked on high-yield transactions and mergers and acquisitions in the corporate finance department of Kidder, Peabody & Co. He holds a B.A. in economics from Vassar College, where he serves as a trustee. A CFA charterholder, he is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.

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