Richard Byrne

Richard Byrne is President of Benefit Street Partners and is based in our New York office, as well as the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Franklin BSP Capital Corp and Franklin BSP Realty Trust, Inc (NYSE: FBRT). He also serves on the US Executive Committee.

Prior to joining BSP in 2013, Mr. Byrne was Chief Executive Officer of Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc. He was also the global head of Capital Markets at Deutsche Bank as well as a member of their global banking executive committee and global markets executive committee. Before joining Deutsche Bank, Mr. Byrne was global co-head of the Leveraged Finance group and global head of Credit Research at Merrill Lynch. He was also a perennially top-ranked credit analyst.

Mr. Byrne received a Masters of Business Administration from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University and a Bachelor of Arts from Binghamton University. Mr. Byrne is a member of the board of directors of Wynn Resorts, Limited (NASDAQ: WYNN). He is also the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of KASAI Elite Grappling Championships.