Christopher W. Taylor
Chris Taylor joined Third Point as Head of Private Credit in 2023 and has served as our Chair, President and Chief Executive Officer since 2024. Prior to joining Third Point, Mr. Taylor previously worked at New York Life Investments (NYLIM), which he joined in 2005 as a credit analyst. While at NYLIM, Mr. Taylor rose to become Chief Executive Officer of Madison Capital Funding LLC, its private lending boutique, where he helped build the platform to over $15.0 billion in assets and oversaw a team of over 100 employees. Mr. Taylor was also the founding Chief Executive Officer of Apogem Capital, which merged Madison Capital and two other investment boutiques owned by NYLIM to create a single, fully integrated, alternative investment boutique focused on middle market private capital solutions, with ~$40.0 billion of AUM and over 200 employees. Mr. Taylor earned a Master of Science in Taxation and B.S. in Accounting from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.