People

Mitch Julis

Mitch Julis

Formal First Name
Mitchell (Mitch)
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Dates
1955 - present
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Mitch Julis is Co-Founder, Co-Chairman, and Co-CEO of Canyon Partners, a leading global alternative asset management firm in Los Angeles. Prior to this, he served as a portfolio director and a bankruptcy and creditors’ rights attorney. Julis's writing on bankruptcy and distressed credit investing has been published in law journals and other periodicals. Also noteworthy is his active role in establishing the Harvard Law School Program on Jewish and Israeli Law.

  • Julis served on the board of trustees at Princeton University
  • He is a member of the advisory council for the Julis-Rabinowitz Center for Public Policy and Finance at the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs
  • He is a member of Princeton’s School of Engineering and Applied Science Leadership Council. 
  • He sits on the board of trustees at the Asia Society and the board of overseers at the Watson Institute at Brown University.
  • A champion of the Joan & Irwin Jacobs Technion-Cornell Institute, he helped launch the Urban Tech hub.
  • He was awarded a Technion Honorary Fellowship for his tireless efforts to advance science for the betterment of Israel and the world.
  • He is an active philanthropist with a focus on higher education and a pillar of the Los Angeles Jewish community.