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Scot French
Overview
- Source of Wealth
- Private equity
- Industry
- Finance & Investments
- Residence
- Bal Harbour, Florida
Assets
- Blackrock, inc1,198,000 shares @ --BLK-US
Biography
Scot French is a founding partner of HPS Investment Partners, one of the world's biggest alternative credit managers with $149 billion in assets.
French cofounded HPS in 2007 with Scott Kapnick and Michael Patterson, who are both also billionaires.
HPS was sold to BlackRock in July 2025 for around $12 billion in BlackRock stock.
French previously managed a proprietary investment fund within Citigroup, and before that worked at Goldman Sachs and Salomon Brothers.
He began his career as an accountant at Price Waterhouse after graduating from the University of Illinois.