Ira Perlmuter is a highly experienced and accomplished private equity investor with a strong background in banking and investment banking. He currently serves as the head of direct private equity investing for a large and sophisticated international family office, where he has completed ten control buyouts of companies, including four in bankruptcy. Perlmuter is a skilled negotiator who has initiated, negotiated and concluded joint ventures with various companies and family offices. He has also played key roles in major acquisitions of companies across different industries, including automotive manufacturing, real estate, and airlines in the Middle East. Perlmuter has over $17 billion of complex restructuring, turnaround, bankruptcy and distressed M&A experience, making him a leading expert in the field. In 2010, he was selected as the Emerging Private Equity Manager of the Year.