Alexander Russ is a Senior Managing Director at Evercore and Head of North America for the firm’s Private Funds Group, which he helped found in 2010. He advises general partners on competitive positioning, fundraising strategy, and execution across private equity, credit, infrastructure, and alternative strategies. Prior to Evercore, Alex worked at Neuberger Berman and Lehman Brothers, where he focused on alternatives advisory, capital raising, and distribution of hedge fund and liquid alternative products across the U.S. and Europe. He began his career in investment banking at Lehman Brothers and graduated with honors from Amherst College.

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