Mr. Briger is the Executive Chairman of Fortress Investment Group, a large diversified global alternative investment manager. He assumed the role of Chairman after 20 years as the co-CEO and CIO. Prior to joining Fortress in 2002, he spent fifteen years at Goldman Sachs, where he became a partner in 1996. Mr. Briger serves on the Board of Trustees of Princeton University and the UCSF Foundation. In addition, he is a Founding Board Member of the Guild Theater, a non-profit live music venue located in downtown Menlo Park. He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and is a Lecturer at The Stanford Business School.

Mr. Briger received a B.A. from Princeton University and an MBA from the Wharton School of Business.