In Memoriam – Joshua Pack, Co-CEO of Fortress

Co-Chief Executive Officer, Board Member & Managing Partner

Joshua Pack,Fortress

Mr. Pack is Co-Chief Executive Officer and a Managing Partner based in Dallas. He serves on the Board of Directors, the Leadership Committee, is a member of several investment committees and is the head of the firm’s Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Committee.

For over 27 years, Mr. Pack has been an active investor in alternative assets through multiple credit cycles. Since joining the Fortress Credit Funds business at its inception in 2002, Mr. Pack has held leadership and CIO roles in private credit, private equity, real estate debt, net lease, distressed and opportunistic investing. Prior to joining Fortress, Mr. Pack was a Vice President with Wells Fargo & Co. Before that, Mr. Pack was a Vice President with American Commercial Capital, an independent specialty finance company focused on corporate and real estate lending that was subsequently acquired by Wells Fargo & Co. in 2001.

Mr. Pack attended the United States Air Force Academy and received a B.A. in Economics from California State University, San Marcos.

Source: Fortress

Fortress Investment co-CEO Josh Pack — hailed as ‘gifted investor,’ devoted husband and father — dead at 51 https://t.co/x3e8kRdzjo pic.twitter.com/IgE2Hk6MZu

— NY Post Business (@nypostbiz) September 30, 2025

Some sad and surprising news this evening:

Josh Pack, co-CEO of Fortress Investment Group, has died.https://t.co/HbuW1WVmLC

— Dan Primack (@danprimack) September 30, 2025