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Mario Joseph Gabelli (born June 19, 1942) is an American stock investor, investment advisor, and financial analyst. He is the founder, chairman, and CEO of Gabelli Asset Management Company Investors (Gamco Investors), an investment firm headquartered in Rye, New York. Forbes Magazine listed him as #1477 on the list of Billionaires. On January 10th, 2000, Gabelli was inducted into the Barron's (newspaper) All Century Team, their list of the most influential mutual fund industry portfolio managers. Mr. Gabelli was named an honorary member of Local 6 and the Hotel Trades Council in December 2019 and formally inducted into the Horatio Alger Association of Distinguished Americans on April 2-4, 2020, during the Association's 73rd Horatio Alger Award Induction Ceremonies in Washington, D.C.

Tom Finke is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Babson Capital Management, a position he has held since 2008. Mr. Finke has guided the growth of Babson into a global investment management firm with over $200 billion in assets under management and locations in U.S., Europe, Australia and Asia. In addition to his Babson duties, Mr. Finke is Chairman of Cornerstone Real Estate Advisers, LLC and Director of Wood Creek Capital Management, LLC; both are wholly owned subsidiaries of Babson Capital Management LLC. Between December 2008 and May 2011, Mr. Finke also served as Executive Vice President and Chief Investment Officer for the Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company, relinquishing these duties to focus on the expanding Babson enterprise. Mr. Finke’s 28-year financial career has included roles in both the banking and investment industries. He joined Babson in June 2002 when the firm acquired First Union Institutional Debt Management, a $3.6 billion high yield loan manager he co-founded in 1998, from Wachovia Corporation. Mr. Finke’s career prior to IDM included positions in High Yield and Loan Syndications at First Union Capital Markets, Bear Stearns and Company and Mellon Bank. Mr. Finke has been an active advocate for the leveraged loan and securitized markets. He was a founding member of the Board of Directors for the Loan Syndication & Trading Association (“LSTA”), and also for the Structured Finance Industry Group (“SFIG”). Mr. Finke received an M.B.A. from Duke University's Fuqua School of Business and holds a bachelor's degree from the University of Virginia's McIntire School of Commerce.