Matthew Breitfelder is Partner and Global Head of Human Capital at Apollo, where he focuses on attracting extraordinary talent to the firm and building a modern high-performance culture that brings out the best in Apollo’s people. Matt leads Apollo’s Human Capital team and all aspects of strategic talent management. He is also a member of the firm’s Leadership Team. Matt is committed to expanding opportunities across Apollo’s ecosystem of companies and has been instrumental in the development of the Apollo Opportunity Foundation and AltFinance. Prior to joining Apollo, Matt was Chief Talent Officer at BlackRock as well as a member of the Operating Committee. Previously, he held strategy, talent, and innovation roles at Mastercard, PwC, and CEB/Gartner.

Matt serves as Chair of Georgetown University’s initiative on AI, Analytics, and the Future of Work and on the boards of the Lumina Foundation and the Aspen Institute’s Business and Society program. He is the co-author of numerous Harvard Business School case studies and articles reflecting his deep interest in and research on leadership in high-performance cultures. Matt has been recognized as a Top Global CHRO multiple times by n2Growth and Stanford Business School and is a Fellow of the National Academy of Human Resources. Matt holds a BA in Economics from the University of Southern California, an MSc from the London School of Economics, and an MBA from Harvard Business School.