Credit Partner and Senior Managing Director
Stonepeak
Michael Leitner is a Credit Partner and Senior Managing Director with Stonepeak. Prior to joining Stonepeak, Michael served as co-head of BlackRock’s Direct Lending and Special Situations investment practice. Prior to its acquisition by BlackRock, Michael was a Managing Partner at Tennenbaum Capital Partners (TCP), a specialist private performing credit and special situations manager with $9 billion of committed client capital as of its acquisition by BlackRock. During his tenure at TCP, Michael also served as a member of its Management Committee and a past Chairman of the Investment Committee and helped build the firm into a well-established entity in the broader communication services and infrastructure sectors. Michael received a Master of Business Administration from the University of Michigan and a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from the University of California at Los Angeles.
