Amos Meron

Amos Meron co-founded Empyrean Capital Partners in 2004. Mr. Meron has extensive experience spanning over a 25-year investment management career overseeing a wide variety of investments in the special situations strategy. Prior to founding Empyrean, Mr. Meron was a Partner at Goldman, Sachs & Co., where he was a member of the Arbitrage and Proprietary Equity Strategies Departments. In 1996, Mr. Meron was promoted to co-head of the U.S. group, and in 1997 to sole head. Beginning in late 2000, Mr. Meron founded and headed a new business initiative for the Equities Division focused on proprietary trading opportunities in the Technology and Telecom sectors. From 1989 to 1991, Mr. Meron was a member of Goldman Sachs’ Principal Investment Area (the firm’s private equity arm). Mr. Meron served on Goldman Sachs’ firm-wide Senior Trader Committee, the Technology Operating Committee, and as a member of the Advisory Board for Goldman Sachs Private Equity Partners (a multi- billion dollar fund-of-funds). Mr. Meron earned an A.B. in Economics from Harvard College, graduating summa cum laude in 1989.