Keep pulling the thread on Josh Steiner.
Quadrangle Group raised a $1 billion fund in 2000, primarily on the reputation of co-founder Steve Radner.
Josh Steiner has served on Yale's investment committee for nearly a decade.
Josh Steiner co-founded SSW Partners approximately five years ago to manage capital for a few families.
Quadrangle Group's investment in Pathfire resulted in a loss, returning only about half of the initial capital.
The most successful deals led by Josh Steiner have been those with strong downside protection and attractive risk-adjusted returns.
During the 2007-2009 financial crisis, Quadrangle Group's limited partners had divergent objectives, with some demanding immediate liquidity while others wanted the firm to invest more capital into distressed assets.
The current senior leadership team at Yale's investment office was almost entirely hired and mentored by the late David Swensen.
Josh Steiner was hired at Bloomberg to work on business units that were underperforming and had disappointed the company's leadership.