Michael Gatto

Mr. Gatto was one of the first employees at Silver Point Capital, a credit-focused hedge fund. After joining the Firm in April 2002, he became the first non-founding partner in January 2003. He has helped grow the business from $120MM of investable capital in 2002 to $25 billion. Today, he is the head of the Firm’s Private Side Businesses.

Prior to joining Silver Point, Mr. Gatto worked at Goldman Sachs as a senior member within the Special Situations Investing Business. Outside of Silver Point, Mr. Gatto is an adjunct professor at Columbia Business School and Fordham University’s Gabelli School of Business, where he teaches courses on credit analysis, and distressed value & special situation investing.

He authored The Credit Investor’s Handbook: Leveraged Loans, High Yield Bonds, and Distressed Debt. Mr. Gatto received an M.B.A. from Columbia Business School and a B.A. in Economics from Cornell University.