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Founder and CEO, Oak Hill Advisors
Glenn R. August has overall management responsibility for Oak Hill Advisors and serves as global head of the firm’s distressed investment activities. Mr. August co-founded the predecessor investment firm to Oak Hill Advisors in 1987 and took over responsibility for the firm’s credit and distressed investment activities in 1990. He co-founded each of Oak Hill Advisors’ funds, where he currently serves as the managing partner of each of their management entities. Mr. August has played leadership roles in numerous restructurings and, since 1987, has served on nine corporate boards. He currently serves on the Board of Directors of the 92nd St. Y. Mr. August also serves on the Board of Trustees of Horace Mann School and The Mount Sinai Medical Center. He previously worked in the mergers and acquisitions department at Morgan Stanley in New York and London. Mr. August earned an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School, where he was a Baker Scholar, and a B.S. from Cornell University.