Joshua Friedman

Josh Friedman is Co-Founder, Co-Chairman and Co-Chief Executive Officer of Canyon Partners, LLC. Canyon is a global manager of credit investments for institutional investors, with offices in Los Angeles, Dallas, New York, London, Hong Kong, and Tokyo. Mr. Friedman is a graduate of Harvard College (B.A., summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, Physics), Oxford University (M.A., honors, Politics and Economics, Marshall Scholar), Harvard Business School (M.B.A., Baker Scholar) and Harvard Law School (J.D., Sears Prize, magna cum laude). Prior to forming Canyon, Mr. Friedman was Director of Capital Markets for High Yield and Private Placements at Drexel Burnham Lambert. Prior to working at Drexel, Mr. Friedman worked in the Mergers and Acquisitions Department of Goldman Sachs in New York. In 2014, Mr. Friedman, along with Co-Founder Mitch Julis, received Institutional Investor’s “Lifetime Achievement” Award. Mr. Friedman is a member of the George W. Bush Presidential Center Executive Advisory Council. Additionally, Mr. Friedman currently serves on the boards and/or investment committees of a number of endowments and foundations, including Harvard Management Company, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, the Broad Foundation, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), the Dallas Museum of Art (DMA), and the Hoover Institution. Mr. Friedman is on the Financial Sector Advisory Council of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas and is a founding member of the Dallas Economic Forum.