David Schiff
Mr. Schiff has an over twenty-five year career developing and investing in private equity, credit and real estate markets while focused on creating value for investors in special situations, emergent asset classes, private credit and asset-based investments. He has a vast depth of knowledge, expertise and experience within the investment segment and is known for his highly creative, disciplined and risk-sensitive approach to investing. Since 2016, Mr. Schiff is a founding partner of Innovatus Capital Partners LLC, serves as CEO and is Chairman of the Investment Committee.
Mr. Schiff serves on the Board of many portfolio investments including Samsara Vision, Inc. (ophthalmic devices), Flagship Credit Holdings, Inc. (auto finance) and White Pine Trading LLC (diamond trading). From 2008 to 2016, Mr. Schiff was a Partner at Perella Weinberg Partners and was the Portfolio Manager of the Asset Backed Value Funds (“ABV”) that had over $2 billion of equity under management at the time of his departure. Through Mr. Schiff’s and the Asset Based Value investment team’s leadership, over a dozen different operating businesses and joint ventures have been launched.
In 2007, Mr. Schiff was the CEO and CIO of Broadworth Capital, an asset-backed focused investment vehicle for two high net worth families. In 2006, he was a Managing Director at Amaranth Advisors, where he was responsible for the construction of its non-mortgage ABS portfolio, and subsequently oversaw the liquidation of that portfolio. From 2003 to 2005, Mr. Schiff was a Director at Wachovia Securities, where he was responsible for developing various structured principal finance opportunities. From 1993 to 2001, Mr. Schiff held various senior management positions while he was at JPMorgan in the Asset Backed Securities (“ABS”) and Securitization groups.
Mr. Schiff received a B.S. with distinction in Consumer Economics and Housing from Cornell University