Mr. Rowan is a Co-Founder, CEO and Chair of the board of Apollo Global Management, Inc. 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).