Marc Rowan

Greenwich, United States of America

Chief Executive Officer and Chair of the Board, Apollo Global Management

Marc Rowan

Mr. Rowan is a Co-Founder, CEO and Chair of the board of Apollo Global Management, Inc. He also serves on the board of Athene Holding Ltd. Currently, Mr. Rowan is Chair of the Board of Advisors of the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania. In addition, he is involved in public policy and is an initial funder and contributor to the development of the Penn Wharton Budget Model, a nonpartisan research initiative which provides analysis of public policy’s fiscal impact.

An active philanthropist and civically engaged, Mr. Rowan is also Chair of the Board of UJA-Federation of New York, the world’s largest local philanthropy helping 4.5 million people annually while funding a network of nonprofits in New York, Israel, and 70 countries. He is also, inter alia, a founding member and Chair of Youth Renewal Fund and Vice Chair of Darca, Israel’s top educational network operating 53 schools with over 30,000 students throughout its most diverse and under-served communities.

Mr. Rowan graduated summa cum laude from the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School of Business with a BS and an MBA in Finance (W’84, WG ’85).

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Scott Kleinman
Co-President, Apollo Asset Management
Jim Zelter
President, Apollo Global Management
Stephanie Drescher
Partner, Chief Client and Product Development Officer
Jim Belardi
Co-Founder, Executive Chairman, & CIO of Athene; Partner, Apollo Global Management