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Michael J. Zupon is a Managing Director and Head of the U.S. Leveraged Finance Group. He has more than 17 years of experience in the banking industry, focused on originating, structuring, syndicating and managing leveraged loans, high yield debt and leveraged equity. He is based in New York.
Prior to joining Carlyle, Mr. Zupon served as a Managing Director with Merrill Lynch, where he was responsible for its loan and high yield bond underwriting business on behalf of its Financial Sponsors Group. During his tenure with the firm, Mr. Zupon served on both Merrill Lynch's Leveraged Transaction Commitment Committee and its Equity Underwriting Committee. Prior to joining Merrill Lynch, Mr. Zupon served as Managing Director and Head of Leveraged Loans with NationsBank Capital Markets, Inc. While at NationsBank, Mr. Zupon managed a department responsible for its leveraged loan underwriting business, founded Atlantic Equity Corporation which committed over $400 million to leveraged equity limited partnerships during his tenure, and was a member of its Leveraged Finance Executive Committee and Leveraged Finance Underwriting Committee. Prior to that, he served as Vice President and Team Leader of the Acquisition Finance Group at Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce ("CIBC"). His responsibilities at CIBC included managing a team responsible for a portfolio of leveraged loans in excess of $1 billion and CIBC Capital Corporation's $60 million portfolio of leveraged equity limited partnership investments.
Mr. Zupon earned a B.S. in business from Miami University of Ohio in 1983. | 