Oaktree Capital Group and Goldman Sachs both contributed to this fund.

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Most of the other big private equity firms, like the Carlyle Group, Blackstone Group, Apollo Global Management, KKR and Oaktree Capital Management, now trade publicly.

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At the end of 2008, Mr. Marks, chairman of Los Angeles-based Oaktree Capital Management, and his wife Nancy completed a seven-year renovation of the property with Michael Smith, the designer who redid the White House Oval Office a few years ago, according to someone familiar with the designer.

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