Fortress Investment Group is a private equity and investment management firm that was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in New York, New York. The firm provides a wide array of services such as pooled investment vehicles, pension and profit sharing plans, corporations, institutional managed accounts and structured products, banking or thrift institutions, investment companies, charitable organizations and state or municipal government entities. It also manages hedge funds, balanced mutual funds and private equity funds. The firm prefers to make investments across a broad range of industries including transportation, financials, senior living/healthcare, real estate, media & telecommunications, leisure, energy and infrastructure.