David Aidi

Senior Managing Director, Alternative Credit Investment team at Blue Owl

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David Aidi is a Senior Managing Director at Blue Owl and member of the Alternative Credit Investment Team. In his role as co-head of the Financial Assets team within Alternative Credit, he is jointly responsible for the team's efforts in specialty finance.

Before joining Blue Owl, David was a Partner at Atalaya Capital Management, the predecessor firm to Blue Owl's Alternative Credit team, where he co-founded the Financial Assets team and co-led the firm's efforts in specialty finance. At Atalaya, David sat on the firm’s Executive Committee, multiple Investment Committees, and led the firm’s Asset Income Fund investment strategy. Prior to joining Atalaya, David was the Portfolio Manager in charge of the Direct Lending Group and a member of the firm-wide Investment Committee at Magnetar Capital, where he oversaw a portfolio of public and private credit investments. Previously, he was an analyst at Highbridge/Zwirn Capital Management, focused on private credit and other special situation investments. David began his career at Merrill Lynch, holding positions within the High Yield Capital Markets Group as well as the Telecommunications, Media and Technology Investment Banking Group.

David holds a BS in Business Administration, summa cum laude, from the Stern School of Business at New York University where he majored in Finance and Economics.