Blue Owl Capital Inc.
Company typePublic
IndustryFinancial services
FoundedMay 19, 2021; 2 years ago (2021-05-19)[1][2]
Founders
  • Doug Ostrover[1]
  • Marc Lipschultz
  • Michael Rees
  • Craig Packer
Headquarters399 Park Avenue,
New York City
,
United States
Products
RevenueIncrease US$1.73 billion (2023)
Increase US$221 million (2023)
AUMIncrease US$166 billion (2023)
Total assetsDecrease US$8.82 billion (2023)
Total equityDecrease US$5.28 billion (2023)
Number of employees
685 (2023)
Websiteblueowl.com
Footnotes / references
Financials as of December 31, 2023.[3]

Blue Owl Capital Inc. (also known as Blue Owl) is an American alternative investment asset management company. It is currently listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol: "OWL".[1][2][4][5][6][7]

The company is headquartered in New York City with additional offices in Hong Kong, Singapore, and elsewhere.

History

In December 2020, it was announced there would be a merger between Owl Rock Capital Group and Dyal Capital Partners.[1][2] The two firms would combine with a special-purpose acquisition company, Altimar Acquisition Corp to form Blue Owl.[1][2][8] The deal was valued at $12.2 billion which included a $1.5 billion commitment from investors such as ICONIQ Capital, Federated Hermes and Liberty Mutual.[1][2]

On May 19, 2021, the transaction was completed and Blue Owl was listed on the New York Stock Exchange.[1][2][4][5][6][7]

On October 18, 2021, Blue Owl acquired Oak Street, a private equity real estate firm for $950 million.[7][9][10][11][12]

On December 13, 2021, Blue Owl acquired Ascentium Group, a business development office based in Hong Kong.[13] This was done as part of its plans to expand in Asia.[13]

In October 2022, Bloomberg reported Blue Owl intended to expand the size of its offices in Greenwich, Connecticut and had opened an office in New Jersey.[14]

Business overview

Blue Owl has three business units:

GP Strategic Capital (formerly Dyal Capital)

Dyal Capital was formed in 2011 by Michael Rees and Sean Ward who were both formerly of Lehman Brothers.[2][15][16] Since inception, the firm has been part of Neuberger Berman which currently retains a stake in Blue Owl as a result of the merger.[2][15][16]

Dyal Capital provides financing to hedge funds and private equity firms by acquiring minority interests in them.[7][15][16] Firms it has acquired interests in include:

In July 2021, Dyal Capital acquired minority stakes in the NBA teams, Phoenix Suns and Sacramento Kings.[24][25]

In March 2022, Blue Owl announced it planned to hold an IPO for Dyal Capital on the London Stock Exchange.[11]

In June 2023, Bloomberg reported that Dyal Capital would be renamed to Blue Owl GP Strategic Capital due to tensions among the co-founders where Rees was asked to resign. Dyal Capital came from the name of his children.[26]

Funds

Fund[27] Vintage Year Committed Capital ($m)
Dyal Capital Partners 2012 USD 1,280
Dyal Capital Partners II 2014 USD 837
Dyal Capital Partners III 2017 USD 5,300
Dyal Capital Partners IV 2019 USD 9,000
Dyal Capital Partners V[28] 2022 USD 13,000

Real Estate (formerly Oak Street)

Oak Street was founded in 2009 by Marc Zahr and James Hennessey.[10][29][12]

Oak street is private equity real estate firm based in Chicago that focuses on structuring sale-leasebacks.[7][29][12]

In August 2021, Oak Street acquired The Bow in Calgary for $1.2 billion.[30] In September 2022, Oak Street and GIC agreed to acquire Store Capital for $14 Billion.[31]

Credit (formerly Owl Rock)

Owl Rock was founded in 2016 by Doug Ostrover (co-founder of GSO Capital Partners), Marc Lipschultz (former KKR partner) and Craig Packer (formerly of Goldman Sachs).[2][32]

The firm is a middle market Private credit direct lending firm that deals with credit investments.[2][32][7] Its clients include George Soros, Brown University and the state of South Carolina.[32]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g "Owl Rock, Dyal Capital to merge in $12 billion deal". Pensions & Investments. December 23, 2020.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Gottfried, Cara Lombardo and Miriam (December 23, 2020). "Owl Rock, Dyal Strike Deal to Combine and Go Public". Wall Street Journal.
  3. ^ "Annual Report 2023". U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. February 23, 2024.
  4. ^ a b Dorbian, Iris (May 20, 2021). "Blue Owl goes public on NYSE". PE Hub. Retrieved October 17, 2022.
  5. ^ a b "The Biggest IPOs of 2021". Morningstar, Inc. December 15, 2021. Retrieved October 17, 2022.
  6. ^ a b Gottfried, Miriam (June 23, 2021). "Blue Owl, Newest Private-Equity Creation, Sees Wisdom in Simplicity". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved October 17, 2022.
  7. ^ a b c d e f Beltran, Luisa. "Blue Owl's Stock Will Rise This Year, Analyst Says". www.barrons.com. Retrieved October 17, 2022.
  8. ^ Gottfried, Cara Lombardo and Miriam (December 23, 2020). "Owl Rock, Dyal Strike Deal to Combine and Go Public". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved October 17, 2022.
  9. ^ "Blue Owl Capital to acquire Oak Street Real Estate Capital". Pensions & Investments. October 18, 2021. Retrieved October 17, 2022.
  10. ^ a b "Oak Street Real Estate Capital To be Acquired by Blue Owl Capital". www.willkie.com. Retrieved October 17, 2022.
  11. ^ a b Basak, Sonali (March 4, 2022). "Blue Owl Capital Plans London IPO of Dyal Assets". www.bloomberg.com. Retrieved October 17, 2022.
  12. ^ a b c "Chicago sale-leaseback specialist selling for $950 million". Crain's Chicago Business. October 18, 2021. Retrieved October 17, 2022.
  13. ^ a b "Blue Owl buys Ascentium Group as part of Asia expansion". Pensions & Investments. December 13, 2021. Retrieved October 17, 2022.
  14. ^ Wong, Natalie; Parmar, Hema; Kane, Lizzie (October 27, 2022). "Citadel, Blue Owl Expand in Connecticut in Bid to Cut Commutes". Bloomberg. Retrieved October 27, 2022.
  15. ^ a b c d e f g "Michael Rees: how a private equity chief turned the tables on his peers". Financial Times. July 22, 2021. Retrieved October 17, 2022.
  16. ^ a b c "Lehman spinout profits from buying into buyout groups". Financial Times. January 4, 2019. Retrieved October 17, 2022.
  17. ^ "Dyal Capital Partners takes stake in Bridgepoint". Pensions & Investments. August 13, 2018. Retrieved October 19, 2022.
  18. ^ "Clearlake Attracts Minority Investment From Dyal, Goldman, Landmark". Institutional Investor.
  19. ^ a b c d "Price of alternative investment companies hotly debated". Financial Times. March 19, 2017. Retrieved December 1, 2022.
  20. ^ "Wealth Firm for Silicon Valley Billionaires Sets Up in London". Bloomberg.com. February 15, 2021. Retrieved December 1, 2022.
  21. ^ "Billionaire Michael Kim's Private Equity Firm Sells Stake to Dyal Capital". Bloomberg.com. January 12, 2022. Retrieved December 1, 2022.
  22. ^ TSSP. "TPG Sixth Street Partners (TSSP) Announces Completion of Strategic Minority Investment by Dyal Capital Partners". www.prnewswire.com. Retrieved December 1, 2022.
  23. ^ Tan, Hillary Canada, Juliet Chung and Gillian. "Vista Equity Sells Less-Than-20% Stake in Itself to Group Led By Dyal Capital". WSJ. Retrieved December 1, 2022.((cite web)): CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  24. ^ Basak, Sonali (July 6, 2021). "Dyal Buys Stake in Phoenix Suns, Valuing Team at $1.55 Billion". www.bloomberg.com. Retrieved October 17, 2022.
  25. ^ Gottfried, Miriam (July 11, 2021). "WSJ News Exclusive | Dyal Capital Nears Deal for Minority Stake in Sacramento Kings". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved October 17, 2022.
  26. ^ McNeely, Allison; Basak, Sonali (June 22, 2023). "Blue Owl to Retire Its Owl Rock and Dyal Brands as Founders Feud". Bloomberg. Retrieved June 22, 2023.
  27. ^ "Blue Owl Capital | Palico". www.palico.com. Retrieved October 22, 2022.
  28. ^ Basak, Sonali (October 15, 2022). "Blue Owl's Dyal Capital Is on Track to Raise Its Largest Fund Ever at $13 Billion". www.bloomberg.com. Retrieved October 22, 2022.
  29. ^ a b "40 Under 40 2018: Jim Hennessey and Marc Zahr - Crain's Chicago Business". www.chicagobusiness.com. Retrieved October 17, 2022.
  30. ^ "BREAKING: Calgary's Bow tower sold for $1.2 billion". Western Investor. Retrieved October 17, 2022.
  31. ^ "GIC, Blue Owl Agree to Buy Store Capital for $14 Billion". Bloomberg.com. September 15, 2022. Retrieved February 4, 2023.
  32. ^ a b c Wirz, Matt (February 13, 2020). "Behind the Rise of Owl Rock: Low Fees". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved October 17, 2022.

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