Bennett Goodman
Bennett Goodman is the Co-Founder and Executive Chairman of Hunter Point Capital, a leading global investment firm specializing in strategic minority investments and long-term growth solutions for alternative asset managers. With a career spanning more than three decades in private credit, leveraged finance, and alternative asset management, Goodman is widely recognized as one of the most influential figures in modern credit investing. Prior to founding Hunter Point Capital, he co-founded and served as Senior Managing Director of GSO Capital Partners, the credit arm of The Blackstone Group (now Blackstone Credit), where he helped build and oversee a $125 billion credit platform, making it one of the world’s largest alternative credit businesses. Before GSO, Goodman was the Managing Partner of Credit Suisse’s Alternative Capital Division, joining the firm through its acquisition of Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette, where he served as Global Head of Leveraged Finance and Private Equity Sponsor Coverage. Throughout his career, he has received numerous industry accolades and serves on multiple nonprofit, cultural, and philanthropic boards, further cementing his reputation as a leading voice in global finance.
Bennett Goodman Professional Experience / Academic History
Professional Experience
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Co-Founder and Executive Chairman
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Senior Managing Director
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Co-Founder and Senior Managing Partner
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Managing Partner of the Alternative Capital Division
Academic History
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Master of Business Administration
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B.S., Engineering
EARLY CAREER
Bennett Goodman built his reputation as one of the foremost innovators in private credit and leveraged finance through a series of influential leadership roles across top-tier global financial institutions.
He was the Co-Founder and Senior Managing Director of GSO Capital Partners, the credit platform of The Blackstone Group (now Blackstone Credit), where he helped scale the business into a $125 billion global powerhouse in alternative credit investing.
Before GSO, he served as Managing Partner of the Alternative Capital Division at Credit Suisse, a role he assumed after the firm acquired Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette (DLJ).
At DLJ, Goodman served as Global Head of Leveraged Finance and Private Equity Sponsor Coverage, and earlier founded the firm’s High Yield Capital Markets Group following his start in the high-yield sector at Drexel Burnham Lambert.
His industry leadership has earned him several notable honors, including Institutional Investor’s 2012 Money Manager of the Year Award and Euromoney’s 2004 Lifetime Achievement Award.
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