Managing Director
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Joseph M. Corcoran is a Managing Director at Arctos Partners. In addition to his investment responsibilities, Mr. Corcoran is responsible for sourcing, evaluation and management of investments for the Keystone strategy. Prior to joining Arctos Partners, Mr. Corcoran was a member of the founding team at Stonyrock Partners, a joint venture with Leucadia Asset Management, making direct equity investments in middle market alternative asset management firms. He was responsible for all aspects of the investment process, including sourcing, evaluating, structuring and monitoring the firm’s $250 million of committed private equity investments. Prior to Stonyrock, Mr. Corcoran was a Vice President at Blackstone, where he was an investment team member of the firm’s inaugural GP Stakes private equity fund, supporting $1.5 billion of common- and structured-equity investments, including the fund’s first-ever investments into private equity, real estate and growth equity businesses. Mr. Corcoran helped lead the fund’s portfolio-wide liquidity initiative and partnered with portfolio management teams on value creation and product development efforts. Prior to Blackstone, Mr. Corcoran was an investment banking associate in the Mergers and Acquisitions Department of Morgan Stanley, where he supported $173 billion of announced transactions in the technology, healthcare, retail, transportation and industrials verticals. He began his career at Citigroup in New York and in London, where he focused on firm strategy, mergers & acquisitions in Africa, the Middle East and Europe. Mr. Corcoran received his BA with honors from Georgetown University and his MBA with honors from Columbia Business School.
