Dean is President of Asset Management at Rithm Capital where he leads investment strategy, global integration of Rithm's diversified asset management platform and serves on the Executive Management Committee. Dean is a former Co-Chairman of Fortress Investment Group and previously served as Co-CIO for all Fortress' Credit Funds. Prior to his nearly 25 years at Fortress, Dean was a co-founder and Managing Director of American Commercial Capital LLC and Coronado Advisors, both of which were sold to Wells Fargo & Co. in 2001. Dean serves on the Board of Trustees for Columbia University and the American School of Classical Studies at Athens, and is co-founder of The Hellenic Initiative. Dean received a B.S. in Physics from Columbia University.
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