Lou Salvatore is a Senior Managing Director and leads opportunistic asset allocation for Blackstone Credit and Insurance (BXCI) based in New York. Mr. Salvatore is responsible for sourcing, diligence, structuring and managing performing credit investments.

Before joining Blackstone in 2005 Mr. Salvatore was a Principal of DLJ Investment Partners, the mezzanine fund of CSFB’s Alternative Capital Division. Mr. Salvatore joined CSFB in 2000 when it acquired DLJ, where he was a member of the Merchant Banking Group. He had been a member of DLJ's Leveraged Finance Group, specializing in corporate restructurings. Prior to that, he worked for Kidder Peabody.

Mr. Salvatore received a BA in Economics from Cornell University and an MBA from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.