Emmanuel Roman

Emmanuel "Manny" Roman (born 27 August 1963)^[1] is a French financial executive. He is the chief executive officer (CEO) and a managing director of PIMCO, a fixed income investment manager based in Newport Beach, California.^[2]

Emmanuel Roman
Born	(1963-08-27) 27 August 1963 (age 61) Paris, France
Alma mater	Paris Dauphine University University of Chicago Booth School of Business
Occupation(s)	CEO, PIMCO
Known for	Investment management Philanthropy
Spouse	Barrie Sardoff ​ ​ (m. 1992; div. 2016)​
Partner	Topaz Page-Green (2019–present)
Children	3

Early life and education

Roman grew up in Paris, the only child of the artists Philippe Roman and Véronique Jordan Roman. He attended École Alsacienne^[1] and earned a bachelor's degree in applied mathematics from the University of Paris IX Dauphine in 1985.^[3] He later received an MBA in Finance and Econometrics from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.^[4]

Career

Roman was co-head of Worldwide Equity Derivatives from 1996 to 2000 and was promoted to co-head of Worldwide Global Securities Services in 2000.^[5]

In 2005, Roman joined GLG Partners, a discretionary investment manager, as co-CEO and later played a key role in its listing in 2007.^[6] In 2010, Roman orchestrated the sale of GLG to Man Group,^[7] one of the world's largest publicly traded alternative asset managers, and was named as president and chief operating officer.^[8] Roman was added to Man Group's executive board in 2011 and named as CEO the following year.^[9]

In October 2016, Roman was named CEO of PIMCO, a global investment management firm headquartered in Newport Beach, California.^[10] As CEO, he is on PIMCO's Executive Committee and has executive oversight of the firm's client and business areas, including broad strategy-setting and resource management.^[2]

Personal life

Roman married Barrie Sardoff in 1992,^[11] with whom he has two daughters.^[4] They divorced in 2016.^[6] Roman has a son with his partner, Topaz Page-Green, a model and activist.^[1]