William J. Sheoris

Prior to founding Fair Oaks, Mr. Sheoris was a senior executive in the credit group of Apollo Global Management where he was responsible for facilitating the acquisition and merger of Stone Tower Capital’s non-investment functions into Apollo’s global infrastructure. Mr. Sheoris was one of the three original founders of Stone Tower Capital, a member of the firm’s Management Committee and a member of the Board of Directors of the firm’s CLOs and hedge funds. Mr. Sheoris was the lead partner in charge of developing and overseeing all of the non-investment functions of Stone Tower and served as the Chief Financial Officer. Additionally, Mr. Sheoris sat on a number of investment committees and was solely responsible for the negotiation and structuring of all of Stone Tower’s investment vehicles, leverage sources and derivative instruments. Prior to the launch of Stone Tower, Mr. Sheoris was the founder and general partner of a venture capital fund focused on infrastructure and software. Mr. Sheoris began his career as an investment banking analyst in the private equity sponsor group at Smith Barney Inc. and later as an analyst on the convertible debt capital markets desk. Mr. Sheoris is a graduate of the Eller College of the University of Arizona and holds a BSBA in both finance and management information systems.