Emmanuel "Manny" Roman was born on 27 August 1963 and is a French financial executive.
17 Facts About Emmanuel Roman
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Emmanuel Roman is the chief executive officer and a managing director of PIMCO, one of the world's premier fixed income investment managers, based in Newport Beach, California.
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Emmanuel Roman attended Ecole Alsacienne and earned a bachelor's degree in applied mathematics from the University of Paris IX Dauphine in 1985.
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Emmanuel Roman later received an MBA in Finance and Econometrics from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.
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Emmanuel Roman has over 30 years of experience in the investment industry.
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Emmanuel Roman joined Goldman Sachs, a global investment banking, securities and investment management firm, in 1987 where he spent the first 18 years of his career serving as co-head of worldwide global securities and co-head of the European equity division.
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In 2005, Emmanuel Roman joined GLG Partners, a discretionary investment manager, as co-CEO and later played a key role in its listing in 2007.
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In 2010, Emmanuel Roman orchestrated the sale of GLG to Man Group, one of the world's largest publicly traded alternative asset managers, and was named as president and chief operating officer.
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Emmanuel Roman was added to Man Group's executive board in 2011 and named as CEO the following year.
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In October 2016, Emmanuel Roman was named CEO of PIMCO, a global investment management firm headquartered in Newport Beach, California.
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Emmanuel Roman married Barrie Sardoff in 1992, with whom he has two daughters.
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Emmanuel Roman has a son with his current partner, Topaz Page-Green, a model and activist.
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Emmanuel Roman is President of The PIMCO Foundation and became a member of the Morgan Stanley Institute for Sustainable Investing Advisory Board in January, 2020.
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Emmanuel Roman currently sits on the board of trustees for the Tate Foundation, the University of Chicago and the Board of Directors for The Paris Review.
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Emmanuel Roman previously sat on the Board of Directors for Societe Generale and publisher Penguin Random House and served as a trustee of the Hedge Fund Standards Board as well as the Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust.
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Emmanuel Roman was awarded the Chicago Booth Distinguished Alumni Award in 2019 in recognition of outstanding professional achievement.
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Emmanuel Roman is dedicated to helping families and children facing hunger, and is Chair of the Lunchbox Fund, a Guiding Partner of Feeding America, and a board member of the Global FoodBanking Network.