Sanjay Patel

Sanjay Patel is Partner and Vice Chair of Apollo Capital Solutions at Apollo. Sanjay is also a member of the Firm’s Leadership Team. Sanjay also serves as Chief Executive Officer of Apollo Strategic Growth Capital and was formerly Head of Europe and Managing Partner of Apollo European Principal Finance, and Head of International Private Equity before that.

Prior to joining Apollo in 2010, Sanjay was Partner at Goldman, Sachs & Co., and Co-Head of European and Indian private equity for the Principal Investment Area (PIA). Previously, he served as Co-President of Greenwich Street Capital.

A graduate of Eton College, Sanjay received his AB and SM engineering degrees from Harvard College and his MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business. Sanjay currently serves on the board of directors of Tegra Apparel and Yewno, Inc., and is a member of the Harvard Graduate School of Design Dean’s Leadership Council and the Stanford Graduate School of Business Advisory Council. Sanjay also serves on the Investment Committee of the Eton College Foundation, is a member of the Eton Development Advisory Council, and President of the Board of the American Friends of The Royal Foundation of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge.