ACG Los Angeles | State of Private Equity, 2026

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Andrew Howard, Co-President, Partner, Shamrock Capital

^{Andrew Howard is a Co-President, Partner and member of the Executive Committee of Shamrock Capital. Mr. Howard currently serves as a director of Religion of Sports, Gate 52 (FKA SaveLive), Pixellot, and Branded Cities. Additionally, Mr. Howard oversees Shamrock’s investments in Nth Degree, SpotOn, Canopy Spectrum and Omega Wireless, and is actively involved with Shamrock’s investment in Excel Sports Management. Previously, he served on the boards of DeCurtis Corporation, Mobilitie, Appetize, Screenvision Media, Consilio, Questex, MarketCast, Wazee, K2 Towers, RealD, Publishing Group of America, Naylor Publications, PrimeCo Wireless, Liberation Entertainment, and BASE Entertainment and was a board observer of MetroPCS and OpNext. Mr. Howard is on the Board of Governors for the USC Annenberg School – Center for the Digital Future, serves on the Children’s Hospital Los Angeles Foundation Board of Trustees, the Advisory Board of the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research and the University of Michigan School of Kinesiology Sports Management Advisory Board. Mr. Howard was previously on the Board of the Stanford University Alumni Association and served on the Executive Committee and Board of the Independent School Alliance. Prior to joining Shamrock in 2006, Mr. Howard was a Vice President with Clarity Partners, a media and communications focused private equity fund.mMr. Howard is a graduate of Stanford University.}

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Dan Krasner, Managing Director, Platinum Equity

^{Dan Krasner is responsible for the structuring and execution of acquisition and divestiture transactions. As a member of the operating council for portfolio companies, he also has responsibilities related to post-acquisition monitoring and oversight of add-on and divestiture transactions.}

^{Prior to joining Platinum in 2003, he spent five years in the mergers and acquisitions group of Paul Hastings. Mr. Krasner received a Bachelor’s degree in Economics from the University of California, San Diego, and a Juris Doctor degree from Cornell University Law School.}

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Jordon Kruse, Managing Director and Co-Portfolio Manager, Oaktree Capital Management

^{Mr. Kruse is a managing director and co-portfolio manager of the Special Situations Group.  He is responsible for management of the strategy and its investing activities.  Prior to joining Oaktree in 2001, Mr. Kruse was an attorney at the law firm of Kirkland & Ellis where his practice focused on mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance and private equity.  Mr. Kruse currently serves on the boards of directors of Interblock Gaming, J&J Ventures Gaming (Nevada), Mesquite Gaming and Crossroads Building Supply.  He previously served as a director of numerous former investments in a broad range of industries.  In addition, Mr. Kruse serves on the Law Board of the Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law and is also an Emeritus member of the Board of Trustees of The College Foundation of the University of Virginia.  Mr. Kruse received a B.A. degree in history and government from the University of Virginia and a J.D. from the Northwestern University School of Law where he was a member of the Order of the Coif and served as a Note and Comment Editor of the Law Review.}