Steve Lessar

Steve is Partner and Co-Head of Apollo’s Sponsor & Secondary Solutions (S3) business. Prior to Apollo, Steve was a Managing Director and Co-Head of Secondaries and Liquidity Solutions (SLS) at BlackRock Alternatives, where he Co-Founded the SLS business dedicated to private markets secondaries. Prior to BlackRock, Steve was a Managing Director and Co-Head of Secondaries in the Alternative Investments & Manager Selection (AIMS) Group at Goldman Sachs & Co. Steve began his career as an active duty officer in the US Army.

Steve graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point with a BS degree in Engineering Management and received his MBA from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.