Mike Zabik

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Biography

Mr. Mike Zabik serves as Partner at RedBird Capital Partners. In his current role, Mike leads all sourcing, execution, company building and monetization initiatives across the FIG portfolio. Since 2014, the Firm has invested over $700 million in Financial Services investments across six investments and completed 12 add-on acquisitions. Mike is responsible for the Firm's investments in Aquarian Holdings, Arax Investment Partners, Obra Capital, Main Street Advisors and Grafine Partners, and is actively involved in Skydance Media and Zenith Shipping. Mike also previously led RedBird's investment in Constellation Affiliated Partners, an MGA platform, sold to Truist in July 2021 and was involved in OneTeam Partners, which was exited in September 2022. In addition to his active investment responsibilities, Mike leads the Portfolio Financing Team, which has structured the portfolio company financings across 40 platform investments and over 80 add-on acquisitions. Prior to joining RedBird, Mike was a Vice President at Ares Management LLC for four years, and before that was an Associate at Kelso & Company. Mike began his career at Deutsche Bank in the firm's Leveraged Finance and Private Debt businesses. Philanthropically, Mike is a member of Indiana University's Investment Banking Network Advisory Council. Mike holds a B.S. in Finance and Accounting from Indiana University.