Michael Sotirhos

Michael Sotirhos is a Partner and Global Head of Capital Formation and Strategy based in New York. He sits on the firm’s Management and Investment Committees and oversees all facets of WestCap’s fundraising activities. Prior to joining WestCap in 2023, Michael was a Senior Managing Director in the Institutional Client Solutions Group at Blackstone where he helped build and lead the firm’s Private Equity Investor Relations and Business Development team. Over his 13 years at the firm, he helped spearhead the launch of several new product lines, coordinated the onboarding of new business units and managed coverage for key institutional relationships across North America. Prior to joining Blackstone in 2010, Michael spent nine years as a Partner at Atlantic Pacific Capital, Inc., a placement firm focused on raising capital for a broad array of Alternative Investment firms and strategies from institutional investors worldwide. While serving in the firm’s London and Greenwich, CT offices, he was involved in all facets of APC’s fund raising activities from business development, origination and marketing strategy to account coverage responsibility in the US, Canada and the Middle East. Prior to joining Atlantic Pacific, Michael was in the Private Equity Placement Group at Merrill Lynch & Co., based in London, where he raised capital from investors across Europe and the Middle East.