Fortress Investment Group is a leading global alternative asset manager with approximately $34.3 billion in assets under management (fee paying) as of September 30, 2008. Fortress is headquartered in New York and has affiliates with offices in Chicago, Dallas, Frankfurt, London, Los Angeles, Munich, New Canaan, Rome, San Francisco, Shanghai, Sydney, Tokyo and Toronto.

Fortress was founded in 1998 as an asset-based investment management firm with a fundamental philosophy premised on its alignment of interests with the investors in its funds. Fortress raises, invests and manages private equity funds and hedge funds. Fortress intends to grow its existing businesses, while continuing to create innovative products to meet the increasing demand by sophisticated investors for superior risk-adjusted investment returns.