Peter Briger is an endowed figure in the investment industry. He is a talented financial specialist and a renowned business leader. He has more than twenty years’ experience in asset management. Briger currently works as the principal of the Fortress Investment Group LLC, an investment company headquartered in New York. Peter Briger is responsible for real estate and credit business at the company. He joined Fortress Investment Group LLC in 2002 and had held various positions in the leadership ranks of the company. He is also one of the management committee members and a chairman of the board of directors of the Fortress Investment Group LLC. Before joining Fortress Investment Group, Peter Briger worked at Goldman, Sachs & Co., for 15 years and finally he became a partner of the firm in 1996. During his tenure, he held numerous leadership roles, and he served as head of groups like the Whole Loan Sales and trading business. Additionally, he worked as a board member of various committees including the Japan Executive Committee, the Asian management committee and the Global Control committee. Peter attended the Princeton University where he obtained his bachelor’s degree in Arts and later on joined the University of Pennsylvania Wharton School of business for his MBA. He was a board of director of the Princeton University Investment Company.
Under Peter Briger’s watch, the company has grown to become one of the best alternative investment firms in the United States. The banking investment company has earned a reputation for excellence and integrity, and today the company is managing assets worth more than 65 billion dollars with more than fifteen hundred institutional clients. Peter has led the company into a successful venture and has always provided the appropriate advice in time of crisis to ensure the company does not fall into a loss. Mr. Briger was honored to be among the Forbes top 400 business people with a net worth of $ 1.5 billion and more
Peter Briger has a keen eye in the Bitcoin mining sector; he termed bitcoin as a “digital gold” with an instant and affordable way to transfer money all over the world. He believes that it is the right time for Wall Street to venture into bitcoin mining. Apart from business, Peter is actively involved in philanthropic causes. He supports charitable programs in the community. He serves as a member of the Silicon Valley Leadership Council and a member of the Council on Foreign Causes.