Presenter

Larry Schloss

Chairman / CEO, Diamond Castle Holdings, LLC

Lawrence Schloss is the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Diamond Castle Holdings, LLC. Previously Mr. Schloss was Global Head of CSFB Private Equity, $32 billion private equity investment business, and a Member of the CSFB Executive Committee. As Global Head of CSFB Private Equity, Mr. Schloss was responsible for a staff of 450, including 125 investment professionals on four continents and a 60-person private equity fundraising group. Mr. Schloss joined DLJ in 1978 as an investment banker focused on leveraged finance and energy, and began investing DLJ’s capital when the firm began its dedicated leveraged buyout principal investing activities in 1985. He conceived and raised the strategically important $1 billion DLJ Bridge Fund and $1 billion DLJ Merchant Banking Partners I, L.P. In the early 1990’s Mr. Schloss led highly successful transactions including GTECH Corporation and OSi Specialties returning over 35x and lox, respectively. He became Chairman of DLJMB in 1995. Prior to DLJ Acquisition, Mr. Schloss was Chairman of DLJ Merchant Banking. Under his leadership, the private equity investment business at DLJ grew to include $19 billion under management across various fund strategies. Mr. Schloss was a Member, Chairman or Co-Chairman of the investment committees of each of the three DLJ leveraged buyouts funds totaling $9 billion, as well as mezzanine funds and secondary funds and was Member of the real estate funds and funds of funds investment committees. As a Member, Chairman or Co-Chairman of the investment committees of the various DLJMB funds, he oversaw investments in over 150 companies with total transaction value in excess of $100 billion. Mr. Schloss serves as a Member of the Board of Trustees for the New York City Police & Fire Widows’ and Children’s Benefit Fund and Chairman of the President’s Council of Tulane University. Mr. Schloss served as Chairman of the Boards of Directors of GTECH Corporation (NYSE:GTK), OSi Specialties Corp., Merrill Corporation and was a Member of the Boards of Directors of several other companies. He received a B.A.from Tulane University in 1976, where he was a Tulane Scholar and received an M.B.A. from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania in 1978.

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