Tyler Alexander
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- Full Name
- Tyler Alexander
- Title
- Partner, Media & Entertainment
- Firm
- RedBird Capital Partners
- Firm Type
- Private investment firm / private equity and growth equity
- Investment Stage
- Growth equity, private equity, platform creation, and investments across the company lifecycle and capital stack
- Target Company Profile
- Businesses with iconic intellectual property, strong operators or entrepreneurs, scalable platforms, recurring or contractual revenue, and strategic fit within RedBird’s core ecosystems
- Sector Focus
- Content/IP, live events, entertainment technology and services, media and entertainment, data centers, mission-critical real estate
- Geographic Focus
- RedBird invests globally from offices in New York, Los Angeles, London, Abu Dhabi, Greenwich, Hong Kong, Miami, Nassau, and Palm Beach; Alexander is listed in Greenwich, Connecticut
- Location
- Greenwich, Connecticut, United States
Background
Tyler Alexander is a Partner, Media & Entertainment at RedBird Capital Partners. RedBird says he focuses on investment themes tied to content/IP, live events, and entertainment technology and services. The firm manages approximately $14 billion in assets and describes itself as a strategic investor across Sports, Media & Entertainment, and Financial Services.
Alexander joined RedBird at the firm’s inception in 2013. Before RedBird, he was an Associate at MidOcean Partners and began his career at Rothschild & Co. in the global advisory restructuring group, where he focused on special situations during the financial crisis.
At RedBird, Alexander is responsible for investments including Paramount Skydance, Talent Systems, MARI, Harbor Lights Entertainment, Tract, and Next Tier. He also led earlier RedBird data-center investments including Compass Datacenters, N3, and TierPoint. In 2025, he was recognized by Private Equity International’s Future 40 Leaders: Dealmakers.
Alexander received a B.A. in History from the University of Virginia, where he was a Jefferson Scholar. He is also a member of the New York Regional Board for the College Foundation of the University of Virginia.
Investment Thesis & Focus
- RedBird’s stated approach is to build companies “in partnership with leading entrepreneurs and holders of the world's most iconic intellectual property.”
- RedBird looks for iconic intellectual property where it can create upside through global franchises, new markets, and business initiatives.
- The firm prioritizes alignment with “world-class founders, operators, and entrepreneurs” with a proven track record and a compelling growth story.
- RedBird targets scalable platforms with organic growth, consolidation potential, and synergy realization.
- Alexander’s personal focus is content/IP, live events, and entertainment technology and services.
- He has also led data-center and mission-critical real estate investments, including Compass Datacenters, N3, TierPoint, Tract, and Next Tier.
- RedBird says it invests across all stages of the company lifecycle and across the capital stack, using flagship private equity, structured capital, credit-oriented instruments, and other flexible capital solutions.
Notable Investments
- Paramount Skydance Corporation: RedBird-backed media and entertainment company formed through the August 2025 merger of Paramount Global and Skydance Media; Alexander is listed as responsible for RedBird’s investment.
- Talent Systems: Casting software and marketplace platform for entertainment and commercial content; RedBird lists an August 2022 investment date.
- MARI: Global live events and experiences company founded by Ari Emanuel and Mark Shapiro in 2025, with assets including Miami Open, Madrid Open, Frieze, Barrett-Jackson, TodayTix, and IMG events properties.
- Harbor Lights Entertainment: Holding company controlling Paramount voting shares, along with a theater portfolio formerly known as National Amusements.
- Tract: Data-center powered-land acquisition and development platform; Tract announced a 343-acre Greater Chicago campus in January 2026 designed for 1GW at full buildout.
- Next Tier: Mission-critical real estate assets platform; Alexander was quoted in 2019 on RedBird’s partnership with Next Tier HD to create Next Tier Connect.
- Compass Datacenters: Data-center platform sold in 2023 to Brookfield Infrastructure and Ontario Teachers’; Alexander described RedBird’s thesis as building a global hyperscale data-center platform.
- N3: B2B sales and demand-generation firm sold to Accenture in 2020.
- TierPoint: Cloud, managed services, and colocation platform; RedBird says Alexander led the investment and notes a 2025 exit.
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