Sheldon Stone is a founding member of Oaktree Capital Management, a Los Angeles-based institutional money manager specializing in alternative investment strategies. He manages the firm�s $10 billion domestic high yield bond portfolios and has supervisory responsibilities for its European high yield bond activities and Mezzanine Fund. Before forming Oaktree, he helped establish The TCW Group�s high yield bond department in 1985 and ran it for ten years. Prior to that, he was at Citibank where he served as a high yield bond credit analyst. From 1978 to 1983, Sheldon worked as a Director in the corporate finance department of The Prudential Insurance Company of America.
A native of New Jersey Sheldon holds an A.B. degree from Bowdoin College (where he serves as a Trustee) and an M.B.A. in accounting and finance from Columbia University. He currently serves on the Marshall School�s (USC) Center for Investment Studies and the National Advisory Board for Johns Hopkins University�s Center for Talented Youth (Chairman 2000-2002). He is also a member of the World Presidents� Organization. |