Private Equity

Our Approach

For more than 30 years, Private Equity has been a cornerstone of Apollo’s equity platform. Our tenured team works in partnership with management teams to build stronger businesses. Recognizing one size does not fit all, Apollo Private Equity is focused on providing bespoke, innovative capital solutions to Apollo-managed funds’ portfolio companies. Our flexible and vast platform enables us to add value throughout the lifecycle of an investment.

We are responsible stewards of capital and are proud of our commitment to sustainability and demonstrated ability to generate attractive returns for our investors. 

At-A-Glance

$72  

Assets Under Management

100+  

Investment Professionals
190+
Portfolio Companies

As of September 30, 2026 

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Building Stronger Businesses

Our Private Equity platform supports great businesses in their journey toward growth and transformation. Our vast platform allows us to support Apollo-managed funds’ portfolio companies throughout the entire lifecycle of an investment.

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Purchase Price Matters

Throughout our history, we have maintained our value-orientation, which we believe has allowed us to allocate capital in attractive risk/reward opportunities in any market environment.

 

 

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Creativity & Flexibility

Our flexible mandate allows us to embrace complexity and strive to identify compelling opportunities across transaction type, industry and geography in any market environment. 

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Deep Expertise

With more than 120 investment professionals and nearly 20 years of average experience on the senior team, Apollo has a longstanding history of investing through market cycles.

Case Studies

Key Transactions Types

Apollo-managed Private Equity funds primarily invest across
three transaction types: 

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Buyouts

Majority ownership in privately-held companies or public companies that we believe would be better served under private ownership

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Corporate Carveouts

Acquisition of a standalone asset that once sat within a corporation

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Deleveraging

Established companies who need support restructuring their balance sheets


Apollo Portfolio Performance Solutions (APPS)

We seek to create value by engaging with portfolio companies from the very beginning of our partnership – offering expertise, support and resources to help position each company for growth. Apollo Portfolio Performance Solutions (APPS) applies the scale and expertise of Apollo to help build better companies.

Our success is predicated on the success of each business within our funds' portfolio. That’s why we provide their management teams with appropriate resources as an essential element of the Apollo Private Equity ecosystem.


Apollo Empower

We believe expanding opportunity for workers across our funds’ portfolio is fundamental to value creation. Through economic empowerment, financial wellness and retirement preparedness, and upskilling opportunities, workers are empowered to share in the success of Apollo's fund investments and access pathways to long-term financial security.  

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Economic Empowerment

Promoting the implementation of broad-based equity plans and a culture of ownership at Apollo fund portfolio companies 

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Financial Wellness & Retirement

Encouraging Apollo fund portfolio companies to invest in the financial wellness and retirement preparedness of workers

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Mobility & Upskilling

Creating opportunity for worker mobility and upskilling at Apollo fund portfolio companies 

Responsible & Sustainable Reporting Program

Apollo’s Responsible & Sustainable Reporting Program, now in its 16th year, seeks to measure the progress of Apollo-managed funds’ portfolio company sustainability performance by collecting annual responses to an in-depth questionnaire composed of more than 100 quantitative and qualitative questions. The 2024 Responsible & Sustainable Reporting Portfolio Supplement includes highlights from select companies that participated this year’s Reporting Program.

Learn More
Read the Responsible & Sustainable Portfolio Supplement

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Notes:

  1. Sponsors of these awards may have other business relationships with Apollo that incentivized the sponsor(s) to include Apollo among its nominees. Awards and recognitions are not representative of any one client’s or investor’s experience with Apollo and should not be viewed as indicative of future performance of any Apollo fund or transaction.