Emmanuel Roman

Roman grew up in Paris, the only child of the artists Philippe Roman and Véronique Jordan Roman. He attended École Alsacienne,^[1] and earned a bachelor's degree in applied mathematics from the University of Paris IX Dauphine in 1985.^[3] He later received an MBA in Finance and Econometrics from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.^[4]

Roman was co-head of Worldwide Equity Derivatives at Goldman Sachs from 1996 to 2000 and subsequently served as co-head of Worldwide Global Securities Services at Goldman Sachs beginning in 2000.^[5]

In 2005, Roman joined GLG Partners, a discretionary investment management firm, as co-CEO. GLG Partners became a publicly traded company in 2007.^[6] In 2010, GLG was acquired by Man Group,^[7] and Roman was appointed president and chief operating officer.^[8] He joined Man Group's executive board in 2011 and became CEO the following year.^[9]

In October 2016, Roman was appointed CEO of PIMCO, an investment management company headquartered in Newport Beach, California.^[10] He is a member of the firm’s executive committee and oversees its client and business operations.^[2]

Roman married Barrie Sardoff in 1992,^[11] with whom he has two daughters.^[4] They divorced in 2016.^[6] As of October 2025, Roman lives in Los Angeles with his wife, Topaz Page-Green, and two of his four children.^[12]