Lynn Tilton is an American trader, investor and industrialist.
Tilton is Chief Executive Officer and sole principal of Patriarch Partners, LLC and its affiliated entities, a private equity

Private equity

Private equity, in finance, is an asset class consisting of equity securities in operating companies that are not publicly traded on a stock exchange....

 firm managing US$7 billion in assets. She is also Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of MD Helicopters Inc.

MD Helicopters

MD Helicopters, Inc. is an aerospace company that produces helicopters primarily for commercial use. Coverage here includes the company's tenure as McDonnell Douglas Helicopter Systems, a subsidiary of McDonnell Douglas.-Background:...

, a manufacturer of commercial and military helicopters.

Tilton has a BA

Bachelor of Arts

A Bachelor of Arts , from the Latin artium baccalaureus, is a bachelor's degree awarded for an undergraduate course or program in either the liberal arts, the sciences, or both...

 degree in American Studies from Yale University

Yale University

Yale University is a private, Ivy League university located in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Founded in 1701 in the Colony of Connecticut, the university is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States...

 and an MBA

Master of Business Administration

The Master of Business Administration is a :master's degree in business administration, which attracts people from a wide range of academic disciplines. The MBA designation originated in the United States, emerging from the late 19th century as the country industrialized and companies sought out...

 degree in Finance from Columbia University

Columbia University

Columbia University in the City of New York is a private, Ivy League university in Manhattan, New York City. Columbia is the oldest institution of higher learning in the state of New York, the fifth oldest in the United States, and one of the country's nine Colonial Colleges founded before the...

. She began her career at Morgan Stanley

Morgan Stanley

Morgan Stanley is a global financial services firm headquartered in New York City serving a diversified group of corporations, governments, financial institutions, and individuals. Morgan Stanley also operates in 36 countries around the world, with over 600 offices and a workforce of over 60,000....

 in 1981. She also worked for Goldman, Sachs & Co. and Merrill Lynch

Merrill Lynch

Merrill Lynch is the wealth management division of Bank of America. With over 15,000 financial advisors and $2.2 trillion in client assets it is the world's largest brokerage. Formerly known as Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc., prior to 2009 the firm was publicly owned and traded on the New York...

 as an investment banker until 1989. Prior to founding Patriarch Partners, Tilton was an executive at Long Drive Management Trust, a special situations investment fund, and Executive Managing Director of Papillon Partners, Inc., a firm which she founded to offer customized research, valuation and execution services to sellers of bank loans and high yield bonds.

Lynn Tilton recently appeared on a 20/20 special with Barbara Walters, and she appears periodically on CNBC and is an occasional contributor to the Huffington Post.

External links

• Patriarch Partners
• Lynn Tilton Interview with Barbara Walters
• Lynn Tilton Owns More Companies Than Any U.S Woman
• CNBC TV Profiles - Lynn Tilton
• "Rock star" executive Lynn Tilton rescues companies — and saves jobs - Seattle Times, March 15, 2009
• A Private-Equity Boss In Four-Inch Stilettos NPR Planet Money podcast, March 30, 2010