Stephen Ketchum is an American businessman, the founder and CEO of Sound Point Capital Management, a credit asset manager specializing in CLOs that manages $46 billion in assets.

He earned a B.A. from New England College and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School. He founded Sound Point in 2008 with backing from Stone Point Capital, a $55 billion private equity firm.

• Core Company: Sound Point Capital Management (Credit Asset Manager).
• Scale: Manages $46 billion in assets.
• Education: Holds an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.

Stephen Ketchum's career is defined by his extensive background in high finance and asset management. He served as global head of media & telecom investment and corporate banking at Banc of America Securities. Prior to that, from 1990 to 2000, he was a Managing Director at Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette (DLJ).

His structural achievement is founding and scaling Sound Point Capital into a major alternative asset manager specializing in Collateralized Loan Obligations (CLOs).

• Prior Roles: Managing Director at DLJ; Global Head of media & telecom investment banking at Banc of America Securities.