diff --git a/litellm/proxy/_types.py b/litellm/proxy/_types.py
index bb7d787d9d..074fa5719f 100644
--- a/litellm/proxy/_types.py
+++ b/litellm/proxy/_types.py
@@ -2458,6 +2458,7 @@ class UserAPIKeyAuth(
     user_max_budget: Optional[float] = None
     request_route: Optional[str] = None
     user: Optional[Any] = None  # Expanded user object when expand=user is used
+    created_by_user: Optional[Any] = None  # Expanded created_by user when expand=user is used
     end_user_object_permission: Optional[LiteLLM_ObjectPermissionTable] = None
 
     model_config = ConfigDict(arbitrary_types_allowed=True)
diff --git a/litellm/proxy/management_endpoints/key_management_endpoints.py b/litellm/proxy/management_endpoints/key_management_endpoints.py
index 654205252b..941b2c276d 100644
--- a/litellm/proxy/management_endpoints/key_management_endpoints.py
+++ b/litellm/proxy/management_endpoints/key_management_endpoints.py
@@ -4597,9 +4597,11 @@ async def _list_key_helper(
     user_map = {}
     if expand and "user" in expand:
         user_ids = [key.user_id for key in keys if key.user_id]
-        if user_ids:
+        created_by_ids = [key.created_by for key in keys if key.created_by]
+        all_ids = list(set(user_ids + created_by_ids))  # Remove duplicates
+        if all_ids:
             users = await prisma_client.db.litellm_usertable.find_many(
-                where={"user_id": {"in": list(set(user_ids))}}  # Remove duplicates
+                where={"user_id": {"in": all_ids}}
             )
             user_map = {user.user_id: user for user in users}
 
@@ -4617,11 +4619,19 @@ async def _list_key_helper(
             key_dict = await attach_object_permission_to_dict(key_dict, prisma_client)
 
         # Include user information if expand includes "user"
-        if expand and "user" in expand and key.user_id and key.user_id in user_map:
-            try:
-                key_dict["user"] = user_map[key.user_id].model_dump()
-            except Exception:
-                key_dict["user"] = user_map[key.user_id].dict()
+        if expand and "user" in expand:
+            if key.user_id and key.user_id in user_map:
+                try:
+                    key_dict["user"] = user_map[key.user_id].model_dump()
+                except Exception:
+                    key_dict["user"] = user_map[key.user_id].dict()
+            if key.created_by and key.created_by in user_map:
+                created_by_user = user_map[key.created_by]
+                key_dict["created_by_user"] = {
+                    "user_id": created_by_user.user_id,
+                    "user_email": created_by_user.user_email,
+                    "user_alias": created_by_user.user_alias,
+                }
 
         if return_full_object is True or (expand and "user" in expand):
             if use_deleted_table:
diff --git a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/VirtualKeysPage/VirtualKeysTable.tsx b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/VirtualKeysPage/VirtualKeysTable.tsx
index fd0cd4dd50..6091794170 100644
--- a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/VirtualKeysPage/VirtualKeysTable.tsx
+++ b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/VirtualKeysPage/VirtualKeysTable.tsx
@@ -311,25 +311,40 @@ export function VirtualKeysTable({ teams, organizations, onSortChange, currentSo
       cell: (info) => {
         const userId = info.getValue() as string | null;
         if (!userId) return "-";
+        const key = info.row.original;
+        const createdByUser = key.created_by_user;
+        const userAlias = createdByUser?.user_alias ?? null;
+        const userEmail = createdByUser?.user_email ?? null;
         const isDefaultAdmin = userId === "default_user_id";
+        const displayValue = userAlias || userEmail || userId;
         const width = 160;
 
         const popoverContent = (
           <div className="flex flex-col gap-2 text-xs min-w-[200px] max-w-[300px]">
-            <div className="flex flex-col min-w-0">
-              <span className="text-gray-400">User ID</span>
-              <Typography.Text
-                className="font-mono text-xs"
-                ellipsis={{ tooltip: userId }}
-                copyable
-              >
-                {userId}
-              </Typography.Text>
-            </div>
+            {[
+              { label: "User Alias", value: userAlias },
+              { label: "User Email", value: userEmail },
+              { label: "User ID", value: userId },
+            ].map(({ label, value }) => (
+              <div key={label} className="flex flex-col min-w-0">
+                <span className="text-gray-400">{label}</span>
+                {value ? (
+                  <Typography.Text
+                    className="font-mono text-xs"
+                    ellipsis={{ tooltip: value }}
+                    copyable
+                  >
+                    {value}
+                  </Typography.Text>
+                ) : (
+                  <span className="font-mono">-</span>
+                )}
+              </div>
+            ))}
           </div>
         );
 
-        if (isDefaultAdmin) {
+        if (isDefaultAdmin && !userAlias && !userEmail) {
           return (
             <Popover content={popoverContent} trigger="hover" placement="bottomLeft">
               <span className="cursor-default">
@@ -345,7 +360,7 @@ export function VirtualKeysTable({ teams, organizations, onSortChange, currentSo
               className="font-mono text-xs truncate block cursor-default"
               style={{ maxWidth: width, overflow: "hidden" }}
             >
-              {userId}
+              {displayValue}
             </span>
           </Popover>
         );
diff --git a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/key_team_helpers/key_list.tsx b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/key_team_helpers/key_list.tsx
index a31162cb2f..a681e438cd 100644
--- a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/key_team_helpers/key_list.tsx
+++ b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/key_team_helpers/key_list.tsx
@@ -101,6 +101,11 @@ export interface KeyResponse {
     user_email: string;
     user_alias: string | null;
   };
+  created_by_user?: {
+    user_id: string;
+    user_email: string;
+    user_alias: string | null;
+  };
 }
 
 interface KeyListResponse {