Joseph Aron Samuels

Mr. Joseph A.
Samuels is a Founder, Chief Executive Officer & Chief Investment Officer at Islet Management LP.
Prior to founding Islet, Mr. Samuels was a Partner with and held many key roles at Och-Ziff Capital Management.
During his 14 years at Och-Ziff, he served on the Portfolio Management Committee, the Risk Committee, the Managing Director Committee, Head of Trading, and as the Co-Head of the U.S.
Equity Business.
He worked closely with banks and other market participants to create capital solutions for individual companies/sectors and as a balance sheet partner for strategic dispositions and funding opportunities.
Over his tenure, Joseph hired and developed investment talent and managed numerous analysts and traders.
Before joining Och-Ziff, Mr. Samuels worked at Pequot and, prior to that, worked at Merrill Lynch.
He received his undergraduate degree from Rutgers University-New Brunswick.