Michael McFerran Biography and Net Worth

Michael R. McFerran serves as Partner, Chief Financial Officer, Chief Operating Officer of the Company. He is a member of the Ares Executive Management Committee and the firm’s Management Committee and is a Partner in the firm. As Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer, Mr. McFerran oversees Finance, Accounting, Technology, Operations and Human Resources across the firm. He additionally serves as Vice President of Ares Dynamic Credit Allocation Fund, Inc., a NYSE-listed closed end fund managed by an affiliate of Ares and the Ares Enterprise Risk Committee. Prior to joining Ares in March 2015, Mr. McFerran was a Managing Director at KKR & Co., Inc. (“KKR”) where he was Chief Financial Officer of KKR’s credit business and Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer at KKR Financial Holdings LLC. Prior to joining KKR, Mr. McFerran spent the majority of his career at Ernst & Young LLP where he was a senior manager in their financial services industry practice. Mr. McFerran also held Vice President roles at XL Capital Ltd. and American Express. Mr. McFerran holds an M.B.A. from the Haas School of Business at U.C. Berkeley and a B.S. in Business Administration from San Francisco State University.