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Prior to joining BlackRock Kelso Capital, Mr. Gordon was a member of BlackRock's high yield team. He was primarily responsible for the administration of structured finance entities managed by BlackRock, including compliance monitoring, legal affairs and financial and shareholder reporting. Mr. Gordon was instrumental in launching the Magnetite and BlackRock Senior Income series of CDOs.
Before joining the firm's high yield effort, Mr. Gordon was the controller of Anthracite Capital, Inc., a publicly-owned real estate investment trust managed by BlackRock. Prior to joining BlackRock in 1998, Mr. Gordon was an attorney in the Structured Finance department of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP. From 1987 to 1990, Mr. Gordon was Vice President in the Fixed Income Research department of The First Boston Corporation. From 1983 to 1986, Mr. Gordon was a senior accountant at Deloitte Haskins & Sells.
Mr. Gordon earned a B.S. in Economics from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania in 1983, and an M.B.A. degree, with honors, and a J.D. degree from the University of Chicago in 1992 and 1994, respectively. | 