People

Bruce Karsh

Bruce Karsh

Formal First Name
Bruce
Dates
10/10/1955 - present
Location

Bruce Karsh co-founded Oaktree Capital Management along with Howard Marks. He also is Chief Investment Officer and serves as a portfolio manager for Oaktree's Distressed Opportunities, Value Opportunities, and Multi-Strategy Credit strategies. Following law school, he served as an appellate clerk to the Honorable Anthony M. Kennedy, presently Justice of the United States Supreme Court. Karsh is an Executive Board Member of the Golden State Warriors and Trustee Emeritus of Duke University, having served as Trustee from 2003 to 2015. Karsh also served as Chairman of the Board of DUMAC, LLC, the entity that manages Duke’s endowment, from 2005 to 2014.