Richard Byrne

Mr. Richard J.
Byrne is a Chairman & Chief Executive Officer at Franklin BSP Capital Corp., a President, Chief Executive Officer & Trustee at Franklin BSP Private Credit Fund, an Independent Director at Wynn Resorts Ltd., a Chairman at Franklin BSP Realty Trust, Inc., a Chairman & Chief Executive Officer at Benefit Street Realty Partners Trust, Inc., a Chairman & Chief Executive Officer at Development Corp.
of America, Inc., a President at Benefit Street Partners LLC, a Chairman & Chief Executive Officer at Benefit Street Partners Multifamily Trust, Inc., a Chief Executive Officer at Benefit Street Partners SMA NCRED-A LP, a Chief Executive Officer at Kasai Elite Grappling Championships and a President & Director at FBRT Sub REIT.
He is on the Board of Directors at Franklin BSP Private Credit Fund, Wynn Resorts Ltd., New York Road Runners Club and FBRT Sub REIT.
Mr. Byrne was previously employed as a Chairman, President & Chief Executive Officer by Broadstone Real Estate Access Fund, Inc., a Chairman, President & Chief Executive Officer by Franklin BSP Lending Corp., an Independent Director by MFA Financial, Inc., a Chief Executive Officer by Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc., and a Head-Credit Research & Leveraged Finance Group by Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. He also served on the board at Oxford Square Capital Corp.
and Griffin-Benefit Street Partners BDC Corp.
He received his undergraduate degree from State University of New York at Binghamton and an MBA from Kellogg School of Management.