From captain of his high school wrestling team to a captain of the financial services industry, Michael Novogratz is a leader focused on making the world a better place.

Novogratz is co-president of Fortress Investment Group, a $35.1 billion global asset management firm, where he heads global investing strategies. Fortress went public in February of 2007.

Prior to joining Fortress, Novogratz spent 11 years at Goldman Sachs, becoming a partner in 1998. He lived in Asia from 1992 through 1999, serving as head of Fixed Income, Currencies, and Commodities Risk. In 2000, he was named president of Goldman Sachs Latin America.

Novogratz was a four-year varsity competitor and team captain for his high school wrestling team in Virginia, finishing as a state runner-up. He continued his wrestling career at Princeton University, where he was again chosen to captain the team, and was a two-time All-Ivy League selection, EIWA place winner, and NCAA qualifier. In his senior season, he advanced to the round of 12 at the NCAA Championships, all of this while participating in the Army ROTC program.

After graduation from Princeton, he fulfilled his military obligation as a helicopter pilot and a member of the New Jersey National Guard.

Novogratz has made a commitment to philanthropy, focusing on both domestic and international issues. He serves as Chairman of the Board for the Beat the Streets Program in New York City which funds and develops middle and high school wrestling teams in city schools. He has helped raise over $2 million for the program, the largest contribution to any sport in the history of New York City's schools.

He also chairs the School for Strings which professes that through the study of music, all children can achieve beyond their expectations and serves on the Board of Directors of the Acumen Fund, a non-profit organization founded by his sister, which uses entrepreneurial business principles to attack the problem of global poverty.