Scott Kapnick

Scott Kapnick, Chief Executive Officer and Founding Partner, HPS Investment Partners, a BlackRock company; Member of BlackRock’s Global Management Committee, Chairman of the Private Financing Solutions Executive Office, which leads BlackRock’s private credit, GP/LP solutions, and liquid and private credit CLO businesses. HPS was originally formed in 2007 as a unit of Highbridge Capital Management, LLC, a subsidiary of JPMorgan Asset Management. In March 2016, the principals of HPS acquired the firm from JPMorgan, which retained Highbridge and the hedge fund strategies. HPS became a part of BlackRock in July 2025. From 2013 to 2016, Mr. Kapnick also served as Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Executive Committee of Highbridge Capital Management.

Prior to HPS, Mr. Kapnick was a Management Committee Member, Partner, and Co-Head of Global Investment Banking at Goldman Sachs, positions he held from 2001 to 2006. He also served as Co-Chief Executive Officer of Goldman Sachs International from 2005 to 2006 and spent 12 out of his 21 years at the firm in Europe (London and Frankfurt). Mr. Kapnick was named Partner in 1994.

Mr. Kapnick is a graduate of Williams College and holds a combined JD/MBA from the University of Chicago. Mr. Kapnick also studied at the London School of Economics and Political Science.

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