Michael B. Nierenberg

Michael Nierenberg is Chairman , President, Chief Executive Officer of Rithm Capital Corp, Inc.(RITM)

Nierenberg was Chairman of the Board since May 2016 and a member of our Board of Directors since November 2013, when he was appointed as our Chief Executive Officer and President. Mr. Nierenberg is also a Managing Director at Fortress. Prior to becoming Chief Executive Officer of New Residential, Mr. Nierenberg served as managing director and head of Global Mortgages and Securitized Products at Bank of America Merrill Lynch, with responsibility for all sales and trading activities within the division. Mr. Nierenberg joined Bank of America Merrill Lynch in November 2008 from JP Morgan, where he was head of Global Securitized Products and a member of the management committee of the investment bank. Prior to his tenure at JP Morgan, Mr. Nierenberg held a range of senior leadership positions during fourteen years with Bear Stearns, including head of interest rate and foreign exchange trading operations, cohead of structured products and cohead of mortgagebacked securities trading. From 2006 to 2008, he was a member of Bear Stearnss Board of Directors. Mr. Nierenberg spent seven years at Lehman Brothers prior to joining Bear Stearns and was instrumental in building the companys adjustable rate mortgage business. Mr. Nierenbergs knowledge, skill, expertise of mortgagerelated securities, and experience as described above led the Board of Directors to conclude that Mr. Nierenberg should serve as a director. since 2016.

Nierenberg joined Bank of America Merrill Lynch in November 2008 from JP Morgan, where he was head of Global Securitized Products and a member of the management committee of the investment bank. Prior to his tenure at JP Morgan, Mr. Nierenberg held a range of senior leadership positions during fourteen years with Bear Stearns, including head of interest rate and foreign exchange trading operations, cohead of structured products and cohead of mortgagebacked securities trading. From 2006 to 2008, he was a member of Bear Stearns’s Board of Directors.