About Redwood Capital

Alan Goodstadt is a Partner at Redwood Capital focused on digital media and consumer Internet companies.  He has 20 years of investment banking, private equity and entrepreneurial experience, having advised corporate clients on over 50 successfully completed M&A transactions ranging in size from $50 million to over $10 billion. 

Prior to joining Redwood Capital, Alan was a Managing Director and Head of Retail Mergers & Acquisitions at Merrill Lynch.  Previously, Alan served as a Managing Director at Banc of America Securities where he was Head of Consumer & Retail Mergers & Acquisitions.  During Alan’s Wall Street career he has completed transactions for numerous clients including Nike, Albertson’s, Circuit City, GameStop, Foot Locker, Tiffany, Lowe’s, Saks, Turner Broadcasting, Blockbuster Entertainment and Macy’s. Earlier in his career, he was a Director at CSFB Equity Partners, a $2.7 billion private equity fund controlled by Credit Suisse First Boston, where he led deal teams in executing and monitoring investments primarily in the telecommunications, media and technology sectors.  Alan began his Wall Street career at JP Morgan Chase as a credit officer working with small businesses.  Alan’s entrepreneurial and operating experience includes co-founding an innovative Los Angeles-based retail business and serving on the Advisory Board and as Chief Financial Officer of The Jam NYC, a recreational music organization for amateur musicians in New York City. 

Alan holds an MBA from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and a BS in Applied Economics and Business Management from Cornell University.