Joshua S. Friedman

Joshua S. Friedman (born 1956) is an American businessman and co-founder of Los Angeles–based hedge fund Canyon Partners.

Early life and education Friedman grew up near Boston. His father was a mechanical engineer who served during World War II before he finished college. His mother was a public-school teacher.

Early career After completing his studies at Harvard, Friedman was employed at Goldman, Sachs & Co., where he worked in their M&A group. In 1983 Friedman joined Drexel Burnham Lambert and later became director of capital markets for high yield and private placements.

Canyon Partners In 1990, Friedman and Mitchell Julis co-founded Canyon Partners, an employee-owned alternative asset management company In 2019, Friedman and his wife were recipients of the Ellis Island Medal of Honor.

Philanthropy Friedman is a member of the Board of Directors of Harvard Management Company, the Harvard Business School Board of Dean's Advisors Friedman serves as a Trustee for the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the California Institute of Technology (Caltech), the Los Angeles Philharmonic, He is a member of the Investment Committees for the Broad Foundation, the J. Paul Getty Trust and the UCLA Anderson School of Management.