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NorthStar Realty Finance CEO and executives

Executive Summary. Based on our data team's research, David T. Hamamoto is the NorthStar Realty Finance's CEO. NorthStar Realty Finance has 200 employees, of which 2 are in a leadership position.
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David T. Hamamoto

Chairman & Chief Executive Officer

Debra A. Hess

Chief Financial Officer

Debra A. Hess's LinkedIn

Ms. Hess is the Chief Financial Officer of NorthStar and has served in that position since July 2011. Ms. Hess most recently served as Chief Financial Officer of H/2 Capital Partners, a position she held from August 2008 until June 2011. From March 2003 until August 2008, Ms. Hess was a managing director at Fortress Investment Group (NYSE: FIG), a global management firm, where she also served as Chief Financial Officer for one of its portfolio companies, Newcastle Investment Group (NYSE: NCT), a real estate investment and finance company. Earlier in her career, from 1993 through February 2003, Ms. Hess served in various capacities at Goldman, Sachs & Co. (NYSE:GS), including as Vice President in the Principal Finance Group and as a Manager of Financial Reporting in Goldman Sachs' Finance Division. Prior to joining Goldman Sachs, Ms. Hess worked in the corporate credit policy group at Chemical Bank for two years and spent five years at Arthur Anderson & Co. as a supervisory senior auditor focused on financial services firms. Ms. Hess has a Masters' in Business Administration in Finance from New York University and a Bachelors of Science in Accounting from the University of Connecticut.

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