Mr. Kleinbeck rejoined Third Avenue Management in December 2019 as Managing Director, Head of Business Development. He is responsible for leading Third Avenue’s institutional and intermediary sales, consultant relations, marketing and client relationship management. Prior to Third Avenue, he spent 3.5 years with Stralem & Company as Director of Business Development and Relationship Management and member of Stalem’s investment committee. Prior to joining Stralem, Mr. Kleinbeck spent 9 years as Senior Managing Director, Business Development at Third Avenue Management responsible for sales and client relationship management of Third Avenue’s alternative and traditional strategies covering domestic and overseas institutions and intermediaries. Previously Mr. Kleinbeck was Managing Director with SPARX Investment & Research, USA, Inc. from 2003 to 2007 after spending 9 years at Warburg Pincus Asset Management and Credit Suisse Asset Management in various business development, client relationship management and operational roles in both New York and Tokyo.

Mr. Kleinbeck holds a BA in economics from Denison University and an MBA from University of Connecticut School of Business.