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Gerry Cardinale is the Founder, Managing Partner and Chief Investment Officer of RedBird Capital Partners. RedBird manages $14 billion of equity on behalf of a select group of blue-chip institutional and family office investors. The Firm’s investment portfolio includes many of the world’s most iconic entrepreneurs, properties and brands across the sports, media and entertainment industries. RedBird has also been an active investor and company builder in Financial Services, having invested over $1.6 billion primarily across Insurance & Insurance Distribution and Asset & Wealth Management. Prior to founding RedBird in 2014, Gerry spent 20 years at Goldman Sachs where he was a Partner of the firm and a senior leader of the Merchant Bank’s private equity investing business. During his tenure, Gerry worked with entrepreneurs and family business owners to create several successful multi-billion-dollar companies. Philanthropically, Gerry is a Trustee of the Mount Sinai Health System in New York City and leads one of the multi-state Selection Committees that awards Rhodes Scholarships. He also serves as a Trustee of the US Rowing Foundation. Gerry received an Honors BA from Harvard University where he graduated Magna Cum Laude and an M.Phil in Politics and Political Theory from Oxford University where he was a Rhodes Scholar.