Primary Job Title Chairman, Board of Directors Primary Organization 
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Location New York, New York, United States Regions Greater New York Area, East Coast, Northeastern US Gender Male
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Sam Katz is the Managing Partner of the TZP Group, a lower middle market private equity firm based in New York City. Sam Katz began his career in 1986 as a Financial Analyst at Drexel Burnham Lambert.
From 1988 to 1992, he was an Associate and Vice President at The Blackstone Group, where he worked on numerous private equity transactions,
including the initial LBOs of several hotel franchise brands, which created the predecessor to Cendant Corporation.
From 1992 to 1995, Sam invested in private and public equity as Co-Chairman of Saber Capital, Inc. and Vice President of Dickstein Partners Inc.
He joined Cendant in 1996 and through 2005 led the execution of numerous transactions as Cendant's most senior corporate and strategic development executive.
He also served on Cendant's Investment Committee and held various operating and management roles, including CEO of Cendant Internet Group (2000), Chairman and CEO of Travelport Limited (2001-2005), Co-Chairman of Affinion Group, Inc. (2003-2005) and Chairman and CEO of Cendant's Financial Services division (2003). After Cendant, he joined MacAndrews & Forbes Acquisition Holdings, Inc. (2006-2007) as CEO.
Sam received his B.A. magna cum laude in Economics from Columbia College in 1986.
He is a director of PennantPark Investment Corporation as well as Founder and President of the Youth Renewal Fund.
