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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 several structured finance entities managed by BlackRock, including compliance monitoring, legal affairs and financial and shareholder reporting. Mr. Gordon was instrumental in launching BlackRock’s Magnetite and Senior Income series of CDOs.
Before joining BlackRock’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, and an M.B.A. degree, with honors, and a J.D. degree from the University of Chicago.