Full Name
Chris Abbate
Job Title
Managing Partner & Co-CEO
Company
Breakwall Capital
Speaker Bio
Chris Abbate is a Managing Partner and Co-CEO of Breakwall Capital. He is based in Newport, Rhode Island and New York.
Previously, Mr. Abbate was a Partner at Riverstone Holdings LLC, as well as a Founder and Co-Head of Riverstone Credit Partners, focused on the firm’s credit and capital markets activities.
Prior to joining Riverstone in 2014, Mr. Abbate was a Managing Director and Head of Energy Leveraged Finance at Citigroup. Prior to Citigroup, Mr. Abbate was the Head of U.S. Leveraged Finance Origination at UBS Investment Bank. Mr. Abbate joined UBS in 2000 as an Associate Director in the Energy group, where he worked covering upstream and midstream oil and gas companies. He started his investment banking career in 1997 at PaineWebber as an Associate in the Energy group. Prior to his career on Wall Street, Mr. Abbate served as an Intelligence Applications Officer in the U.S. Air Force for five years.
Mr. Abbate graduated with a B.A. from Duke University and has an MBA from the University of Maryland. In addition to various corporate boards, Mr. Abbate is Chairman of the Board of the Portsmouth Abbey School.
Previously, Mr. Abbate was a Partner at Riverstone Holdings LLC, as well as a Founder and Co-Head of Riverstone Credit Partners, focused on the firm’s credit and capital markets activities.
Prior to joining Riverstone in 2014, Mr. Abbate was a Managing Director and Head of Energy Leveraged Finance at Citigroup. Prior to Citigroup, Mr. Abbate was the Head of U.S. Leveraged Finance Origination at UBS Investment Bank. Mr. Abbate joined UBS in 2000 as an Associate Director in the Energy group, where he worked covering upstream and midstream oil and gas companies. He started his investment banking career in 1997 at PaineWebber as an Associate in the Energy group. Prior to his career on Wall Street, Mr. Abbate served as an Intelligence Applications Officer in the U.S. Air Force for five years.
Mr. Abbate graduated with a B.A. from Duke University and has an MBA from the University of Maryland. In addition to various corporate boards, Mr. Abbate is Chairman of the Board of the Portsmouth Abbey School.
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