Clinton Biondo joined Fir Tree in 2005 and is a Managing Partner. Mr. Biondo oversees the Firm’s investment activities, and together with David Sultan, is responsible for the general management and development of the investment team. Mr. Biondo has over 20 years of investment and finance experience and has led many of the firm’s distressed credit, structured credit and residential real estate investments. He has also helped orchestrate and lead a number of Fir Tree’s strategic debt and equity activist initiatives. Prior to joining Fir Tree, Mr. Biondo worked at private equity firm Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe, where he analyzed leveraged buyout investments. Before WCAS, Mr. Biondo was a member of the mergers and acquisitions group at The Blackstone Group. Mr. Biondo received a B.B.A. in Finance and graduated with High Honors from the Business Honors Program at the McCombs School of Business at The University of Texas at Austin.