Anirudh Ravunniarath

Anirudh “Anu” Ravunniarath is the CEO and Managing Partner of Willow Hill Partners, LLC, a multi-strategy alternative asset manager focused, independent verticals across real estate, public equities, credit, and private opportunities. He leads the firm’s executive committee and oversees all aspects of strategic planning, execution, and governance across the firm. He is a member of the investment committees for each of the firm’s strategy verticals.

Prior to founding Willow Hill, Anu was a Partner at Carlson Capital L.P., where he served on the Executive Committee and was responsible for managing and leading the firm. He was also President of Asgard Investment Partners, an opportunistic investment platform created to expand Carlson Capital’s efforts into new strategies and asset classes beyond its core multi strategy hedge fund business. In addition, he served on the Management Committee and the Portfolio and Risk Committee. In these roles, Anu helped set firmwide strategy, recruit senior investment professionals, develop new businesses and joint ventures, and lead global business development across the Carlson Capital investment platform.

Earlier in his career, Anu was a Managing Director at an affiliate of Hunt Consolidated Inc. He also has extensive experience across public and private market strategies from his tenures at Merrill Lynch and BlackRock. He currently serves on the advisory board of the Dallas Maverick’s NBA franchise, Knightsbridge, a 3bn AUM venture capital focused investment manager, and Alliance Bernstein’s 7bn AUM hedge fund platform. Anu holds a B.S.B.A. in Finance from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. He is also a member of Young Presidents Organization YPO.