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Leonard M. Tannenbaum, CFA Leonard M. Tannenbaum, CFA
Chief Executive Officer

Leonard M. Tannenbaum is the Chairman of the Board of Directors and CEO of Fifth Street Finance Corp. (NYSE: FSC). Mr. Tannenbaum is also the managing partner of our investment adviser, Fifth Street Management LLC, and is the co-head of its investment committee.

Since founding his first private investment firm in 1998, Mr. Tannenbaum has founded a number of private investment firms, including Fifth Street Capital LLC, and he has served as managing member of each firm. Prior to launching his first firm, Mr. Tannenbaum gained extensive small-company experience as an equity analyst for Merrill Lynch. In addition to serving on Fifth Street’s Board of Directors, Mr. Tannenbaum currently serves on the Board of Directors of several Greenlight Capital affiliated entities and has previously served on the Boards of Directors of several other public companies, including Einstein Noah Restaurant Group, Inc., Assisted Living Concepts, Inc., and WesTower Communications, Inc.

Mr. Tannenbaum graduated from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, where he received a B.S. in Economics. Subsequent to his undergraduate degree from the University of Pennsylvania, Mr. Tannenbaum received an M.B.A. in Finance from the Wharton School as part of the Submatriculation Program. He is a holder of the Chartered Financial Analyst designation and he is also a member of the Young Presidents’ Organization.

Careers

 Leonard M. Tannenbaum, CFA
   Chief Executive Officer

 Bernard D. Berman
    President

 Marc A. Goodman
    Partner

 Juan E. Alva
    Partner, Origination

 Ivelin M. Dimitrov
    Partner and Co-CIO

 William H. Craig, CPA
    CFO

   Chad S. Blakeman
    Managing Director, Co-CIO

   Casey J. Zmijeski
    Partner, Origination

   Robert P. Rakowski, CPA
    Executive Director

 Stacey L. Thorne
    Executive Director, Head of Investor Relations

 James F. Velgot
    Executive Director, Marketing &
    Brand Management

   Lawrence B. Beller
    
Vice President

 Brian D. Finkelstein
    Vice President

   David H. Harrison
    
Vice President

 Kyde S. Sharp
    Vice President

 Lourdes A. Andrade, CPA
    Controller

 Steven M. Noreika, CPA
    Controller

   Arnold J. Jung
    Associate

   Suzanne E. Harvey
    Associate

   Navdeep S. Kalsi, CFA
    Associate

 Jennifer T. Yang
    Associate

  Lee J. Haspel
    Senior Analyst

 Jin H. Kim
    Senior Analyst

 Lucia S. Kim
    Senior Analyst

 Jessica K. Tannenbaum
    Business Development

   Katie L. Betz, CPA
    Staff Accountant

  Jennifer G. Blank
    Human Resources Manager

  Stuart G. Bufferd
    Operations Manager

   Danielle Presta
    Executive Assistant

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