Och-Ziff Capital Management Group LLC

Type: Public
On the web: http://ozcap.com
Employees: 434
Employee growth: 7.2%

In the marvelous land of OZ, good investments are king. Och-Ziff Capital Management Group provides a variety of alternative asset management services for more than 600 fund investors through offices in New York and overseas in Mumbai, Beijing, Hong Kong, and London. Och-Ziff Capital Management Group's investment strategies include private equity, merger arbitrage, and equity restructuring, among others. With around $30 billion in assets under management, the majority of its equity holdings are invested in Europe and Asia. The hedge fund firm, which has some 125 investment professionals including around 20 partners, began operations in 1994.

Key numbers for fiscal year ending December, 2011:
Sales: $616.4M
One year growth: (33.3%)
Net income: ($419.0)M

Officers:
Chairman, CEO, and Executive Managing Director: Daniel S. Och
Executive Managing Director, COO, CFO, and Board Member: Joel M. Frank
Executive Managing Director and Head European Investing: Michael Cohen

Competitors:
AllianceBernstein
Citigroup
UBS Financial Services