Leonard Tannenbaum, CFA, founded Fifth Street in 1998 and is Chief Executive Officer of Fifth Street Management LLC, a leading alternative asset manager with over $3 billion of assets under management. Fifth Street Management is the investment adviser of two publicly-traded business development companies (BDCs), for which Mr. Tannenbaum also serves as Chief Executive Officer -- Fifth Street Finance Corp. (NASDAQ:FSC) and Fifth Street Senior Floating Rate Corp. (NASDAQ:FSFR).

Mr. Tannenbaum has founded a number of private investment firms, including Fifth Street Capital LLC, and he has served as managing member of each firm. In addition to serving as Chairman of the Board of Directors of FSC and Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of FSFR, Mr. Tannenbaum currently serves on the Board of Directors of several Greenlight Capital-affiliated entities and has previously served on the Boards of Directors of several other companies.

Mr. Tannenbaum graduated from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, where he received a B.S. in Economics. Subsequent to his undergraduate degree from the University of Pennsylvania, Mr. Tannenbaum received an M.B.A. in Finance from the Wharton School as part of the Submatriculation Program. He is also a holder of the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.