Since March 2007, Mr. Gross has served as the Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, and managing member of Solar Capital, LLC, a newly organized finance company focusing on debt and equity investments in leveraged companies. Mr. Gross has been the Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, and Secretary of Marathon Acquisition Corp. since April 2006. Since July 2006, Mr. Gross has been co-chairman of the investment committee of Magnetar Financial LLC, an investment management firm, and a senior partner in Magnetar Capital Partners LP, the holding company for Magnetar Financial LLC. Between February 2004 and February 2006, Mr. Gross was the President and Chief Executive Officer of Apollo Investment Corporation, a publicly traded business development company that he founded and on whose board of directors and investment committee he served as Chairman from February 2004 to July 2006, and was the managing partner of Apollo Investment Corporation. From 1990 to February 2006, Mr. Gross was a senior partner at Apollo Management LP, a private equity firm that he founded in 1990. In addition, from 2003 to February 2006, Mr. Gross was the managing partner of Apollo Distressed Investment Fund, an investment fund that he founded. He also serves
on the Boards of Directors of Marathon Acquisition Corp. and United Rentals, Inc. |