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Marc Zahr

Marc Zahr is co-president and global head of real assets at Blue Owl Capital. He founded Oak Street Real Estate Capital in 2009, building a platform focused on net-lease property and sale-leaseback investing. Blue Owl acquired Oak Street in 2021, and the business became the foundation of its real-assets strategy. The merger announcement reported approximately $12.4 billion of Oak Street assets under management at the time; this is a firm-level figure. Blue Owl 2024 outlook · Oak Street merger filing

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Known For

  • Founding Oak Street in 2009 and growing it into a major institutional net-lease and sale-leaseback investor.
  • Creating capital solutions for businesses that own real estate, using sale-leasebacks to release property capital while allowing operating companies to remain tenants.
  • Leading Blue Owl’s real-assets business after its acquisition of Oak Street. Blue Owl’s current biography identifies him as co-president and global head of real assets, responsible for sourcing, underwriting and negotiating acquisitions. Blue Owl profile · Commercial Observer profile

Career

Before Oak Street, Zahr worked in real-estate acquisitions at American Realty Capital and began his career in fixed-income trading. He founded Oak Street in 2009 and led it as managing partner and CEO. Blue Owl acquired the business in 2021 for a reported $950 million, incorporating its roughly $12.4 billion in assets under management into Blue Owl’s property business. The combined real-assets operation expanded beyond Oak Street’s net-lease roots. Zahr now serves as co-president and global head of real assets at Blue Owl. SEC merger filing · Blue Owl outlook · Commercial Observer profile

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