Ownership Submission
FORM 3
 UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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(Print or Type Responses)
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *
  KAUFFMAN ROBERT I
 2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
02/08/2007		 3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Fortress Investment Group LLC [FIG]
(Last)
(First)
(Middle)
C/O FORTRESS INVESTMENT GROUP LLC, 1345 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS 46TH FLOOR		 4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
__X__ Director __X__ 10% Owner
__X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below)
President-Europe and Director
 5. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year)
(Street)

NEW YORK, NY 10105		 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line)
___ Form filed by One Reporting Person
_X_ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
(City)
(State)
(Zip)
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1.Title of Security
(Instr. 4)		 2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned
(Instr. 4)		 3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 5)		 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 5)

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Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security
(Instr. 4)		 2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(Month/Day/Year)		 3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security
(Instr. 4)		 4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 5. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 5)		 6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 5)
Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares
Fortress Operating Group Units (1)   (1)   (1) Class A Shares 53,052,164 (1) $ 0 I By Aldel LLC (2)

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships
Director 10% Owner Officer Other
KAUFFMAN ROBERT I
C/O FORTRESS INVESTMENT GROUP LLC
1345 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS 46TH FLOOR
NEW YORK, NY 10105		   X   X   President-Europe and Director  
Aldel LLC
C/O FORTRESS INVESTMENT GROUP LLC
1345 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS 46TH FLOOR
NEY YORK, NY 10105		     X    

Signatures

/s/ Robert I. Kauffman 02/08/2007
**Signature of Reporting Person Date
/s/ Robert I. Kauffman, on behalf of Aldel LLC 02/08/2007
**Signature of Reporting Person Date

Explanation of Responses:

* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 5(b)(v).
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1) A "Fortress Operating Group Unit" represents one limited partner interest in each of Fortress Operating Entity I LP, Fortress Operating Entity II LP, Fortress Operating Entity III LP and Principal Holdings I LP. The Reporting Person has the right, exercisable from time to time, to exchange each Fortress Operating Group Unit for one Class A share of Fortress Investment Group LLC (the "Company"); provided, that one Class B share of the Company (which has no economic interest in the Company) is concurrently delivered to the Company for cancellation.
(2) The Reporting Person is the sole member of the limited liability company, and disclaims beneficial ownership of the Fortress Operating Group Units held by the limited liability company, except to the extent of his pecuniary interest therein.

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