Julia Wittlin is a Partner at RedBird Capital Partners and leads the Firm’s Miami office.
Julia oversees RedBird’s efforts in Sports as well as emerging growth, backing disruptive technologies and business models in the Firm’s core areas of expertise. On the Sports side, Julia is responsible for RedBird’s investments in Fenway Sports Group, Alpine, and Dream11.
Prior to joining RedBird, Julia spent 15 years at BlackRock. Most recently, Julia was a Managing Director and a senior portfolio manager within BlackRock Alternative Investors, where she developed and led the team’s growth equity investment efforts and deployed over $500 million. Julia’s prior investments include leading companies such as Hashicorp, Rivian, Epic Games, Attentive, and Databricks.
Julia has been recognized by the Wall Street Journal as a Woman to Watch in Private Equity and has authored a number of white papers on private equity and the private markets portfolio. Julia is on the steering committee for the southeast chapter of WAVE, the Women’s Association of Venture and Equity.
Julia received a B.A. from the University of Rochester. She is a CFA, CAIA, and FRM designation holder.