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Leonard M. Tannenbaum, CFA
Chief Executive Officer |
Leonard M. Tannenbaum is the Chairman of the Board of
Directors and CEO of Fifth Street Finance Corp. (NYSE:
FSC). Mr. Tannenbaum is also the managing partner of our
investment adviser, Fifth Street Management LLC, and is
the co-head of its investment committee.
Since founding his first private investment firm in
1998, Mr. Tannenbaum has founded a number of private
investment firms, including Fifth Street Capital LLC,
and he has served as managing member of each firm. Prior
to launching his first firm, Mr. Tannenbaum gained
extensive small-company experience as an equity analyst
for Merrill Lynch. In addition to serving on Fifth
Street’s Board of Directors, Mr. Tannenbaum currently
serves on the Board of Directors of several Greenlight
Capital affiliated entities and has previously served on
the Boards of Directors of several other public
companies, including Einstein Noah Restaurant Group,
Inc., Assisted Living Concepts, Inc., and WesTower
Communications, Inc.
Mr. Tannenbaum graduated from the Wharton School of the
University of Pennsylvania, where he received a B.S. in
Economics. Subsequent to his undergraduate degree from
the University of Pennsylvania, Mr. Tannenbaum received
an M.B.A. in Finance from the Wharton School as part of
the Submatriculation Program. He is a holder of the
Chartered Financial Analyst designation and he is also a
member of the Young Presidents’ Organization.
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