Blue Wolf Capital Management Founding Partner to Present at Distressed Investing Leaders Forum 2010

Jan. 12, 2010 - PRLog -- Josh Wolf-Powers, Founding Partner, Blue Wolf Capital Management LLC, will participate at GoldenNetworking.com's Distressed Investing Leaders Forum 2010, February 26th, in New York City, forum that will attract more than 300 members of the Distressed Investing community in the country, including executives, professionals and entrepreneurs in hedge funds, private equity firms, financial sponsors, investment banks, limited and general partnerships, lenders, accounting and law firms, and portfolio companies.

Prior to founding Blue Wolf, Mr. Wolf-Powers served as Managing Director - Private Markets for New York City Comptroller William C. Thompson, Jr., from 2003-2005. In this position, Mr. Wolf-Powers oversaw the process by which the New York City Retirement Systems invested in private equity, economically targeted investments and other securities for which there is not a public market. During his tenure, the New York City Retirement Systems more than doubled their allocation to the private equity asset class, and their commitments to private equity funds, committing over $2 billion to nineteen private equity funds. The Systems similarly doubled their assets held in private equity to over $1 billion during this period.
Prior to holding this position, Mr. Wolf-Powers was a Vice President at KPS Capital Partners, which has committed capital exceeding $1.8 billion. KPS makes controlling equity investments in businesses engaged in basic manufacturing, transportation and service industries challenged by the need to effect immediate and significant change. He was also an investment banker with Goldman, Sachs & Co., where he was an Associate in the firm's Municipal Finance department. Mr. Wolf-Powers received a B.A. from Columbia University's School of General Studies, cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, and an M.B.A. from New York University's Leonard N. Stern School of Business, where he was a Dean's Scholar. He chairs the board of Health Care Laundry Systems LLC and is a member of the Boards of Managers of Finch Paper Holdings and Azure Mountain.

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Distressed Investing Leaders Forum 2010 is produced by GoldenNetworking.com (http://www.goldennetworking.com), the premier networking community for businessmen, entrepreneurs, professionals and diplomats, founded by Columbia Business School MBA and former McKinsey consultant Edgar Perez. Upcoming Leaders Forums include:

•   America Leaders Forum 2010, "Meeting the Job Creation Challenge" (http://www.AmericaLeadersForum.com), January 21st, 2010, New York City
•   Hedge Funds Leaders Forum 2010, "Generating Alpha in Challenging Times" (http://www.HedgeFundsLeadersForum.com), March 18th, 2010, New York City
•   Banking M&A Leaders Forum 2010, "Have Deal-Making Hit Bottom Yet?" (http://www.BankingLeadersForum.com), March 25th, 2010, Washington DC
•   Venture Capital Leaders Forum 2010 (http://www.VCLeadersForum.com), April 8th, 2010, Boston, MA
•   Real Estate Leaders Forum 2010 (http://www.RealEstateLeadersForum.com), April 22nd, 2010, New York City

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