Mr. Schmidt is a Managing Director of Cerberus Business Finance, the Firm’s middle-market direct lending platform.
Prior to joining Cerberus in 2016, Mr. Schmidt spent eight years in the Merchant Banking Group at MUFG Union Bank N.A. (a member of Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc.), originating and underwriting junior capital. Prior to that, he was with Wachovia Securities’ Investment Banking Division from 2003 to 2008, working in both the Leveraged Finance Group and the Gaming & Lodging Corporate Finance Group. Mr. Schmidt began his career at Salomon Smith Barney, Citigroup in 2002.
Mr. Schmidt is a graduate of the University of Georgia.