Elizabeth Burton

Chief Strategist

Mrs. Burton is Chief Strategist based in New York.

Prior to joining Fortress in March 2026, Mrs. Burton worked at Goldman Sachs Asset Management as Client Investment Strategist in the Client Solutions Group where she advised institutional clients on their investment strategy and portfolio objectives, across public and private markets. Mrs. Burton joined Goldman Sachs in 2022 as a managing director. Prior to that role, Mrs. Burton was Chief Investment Officer at the Employees' Retirement System of the State of Hawaii. Before that, she served as a managing director in the Quantitative Strategies Group at the Maryland State Retirement Agency, where she was responsible for the agency's absolute return portfolio and oversaw risk management. Earlier in her career, Mrs. Burton held positions as an investor, economist, and consultant in asset management as well as fixed income trading.

Mrs. Burton serves on the Board of Directors of the Chartered Alternative Investment Association (CAIA). In addition, she serves on the board of the Hill School in Pottstown, Pennsylvania. Mrs. Burton was named one of Chief Investment Officer Magazine’s Top-40-Under-40 in June 2017. In 2019 Ms. Burton received the Industry Innovation Award for <$20B plan by Chief Investment Officer Magazine and was listed in The Power 100 in 2019. In 2020 she was added to the list of All-Star Chief Investment Officers by The Trusted Insight. In 2021 She was named Advocate of the Year at the Allocators’ Choice Awards. In 2023 she was recognized as one of the Top Ten Most Influential Advisors by Chief Investment Officer Magazine. She frequently makes appearances on CNBC, Fox Business and Bloomberg News to address the state of the markets. 

Mrs. Burton earned a BA in Politics and French from Washington and Lee University in 2004 and an MBA in Finance and Econometrics and Statistics from the University of Chicago in 2011. She is a charter holder of CAIA.