Blue Owl Capital Completes Acquisition of Atalaya Capital Management's Business

PRNewswire 30-Sep-2024 8:00 AM

NEW YORK, Sept. 30, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Blue Owl Capital Inc. ("Blue Owl") (NYSE:OWL), a leading alternative asset manager, announced today the completion of its acquisition of the business of alternative credit manager, Atalaya Capital Management LP ("Atalaya"). The acquisition was previously announced in July of 2024.

Atalaya focuses primarily on asset-based credit investments across consumer and commercial finance, corporate and real estate assets. As of June 30, 2024, Atalaya managed over $10 billion of assets under management. Atalaya's Founding Partner and Chief Investment Officer, Ivan Zinn, has been appointed Blue Owl's Head of Alternative Credit, reporting to Craig Packer, Head of Credit and Co-President of Blue Owl.

The completion of the acquisition of Atalaya's business represents a significant expansion of Blue Owl's alternative credit presence and supplements the firm's market leading position in direct lending.

About Blue Owl

Blue Owl (NYSE:OWL) is a leading asset manager that is redefining alternatives.

With over $192 billion in assets under management as of June 30, 2024, we invest across three multi-strategy platforms: Credit, GP Strategic Capital, and Real Estate. Anchored by a strong permanent capital base, we provide businesses with private capital solutions to drive long-term growth and offer institutional investors, individual investors, and insurance companies differentiated alternative investment opportunities that aim to deliver strong performance, risk-adjusted returns, and capital preservation.

Together with over 820 experienced professionals, Blue Owl brings the vision and discipline to create the exceptional. To learn more, visit www.blueowl.com. 

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Important factors, among others, that may affect actual results or outcomes include the inability to recognize the anticipated benefits of strategic acquisitions; costs related to acquisitions; the inability to maintain the listing of Blue Owl's shares on the New York Stock Exchange; Blue Owl's ability to manage growth; Blue Owl's ability to execute its business plan and meet its projections; potential litigation involving Blue Owl; changes in applicable laws or regulations; and the possibility that Blue Owl may be adversely affected by other economic, business, geo-political and competitive factors.

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Head of Investor Relations
blueowlir@blueowl.com

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SOURCE Blue Owl Capital