Founder & CEO
MB Global Partners, LLC
Maria Boyazny is the founder and CEO of MB Global Partners, a multi-manager platform focused on special situations and distressed securities markets. Prior to launching MB Global, Boyazny was a managing director and portfolio manager at Siguler Guff & Co., a New York-based private equity firm. She oversaw its flagship Distressed Opportunities Funds I, II, III and IV from inception in 2000 to assets of $4.5 billion over 10 years. Boyazny is the author of several publications, a frequent conference speaker and media commentator. She is active in researching theoretical issues and their application to successful strategies for distressed and turnaround investing in various markets. Previously Boyazny was a member of the Investment Banking Division of Smith Barney Inc. She received a degree in economics with a minor in mathematics from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. She earned her M.B.A. from Columbia University.