Howard Gellis

Education

Bachelor of Science cum laude, University Pennsylvania. Master of Business Administration, Harvard University.

Career

Vice president, general manager, Western Corporation Finance Department General Electric Capital. With Alliance Capital Management, L.P. (mezzanine & institutional marketing) (corporation finance group), 1987—1994, Equitable Capital Management Corporation (mezzanine & institutional marketing) (corporation finance group), 1987—1994. Managing director, Leveraged Capital Group Nomura Holding America Inc., founder, 1994.

Board directors The Blackstone Group International Ltd. Member, investment committee Blackstone Debt Advisors. Senior managing director, head, corporation debt group The Blackstone Group L.P., co-chairman, investment committee, Mezzanine Group, since 1999.

Achievements

• Howard Gellis has been listed as a noteworthy investment company executive by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Board advisory Wharton Private Equity Partners.