Marc Rowan
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Marc Rowan

United States 63 years old Self-Made

Overview

Source of Wealth
Private equity
Residence
New York, New York
Education
University of Pennsylvania (Bachelor of Arts/Science)
University of Pennsylvania, The Wharton School (Master of Business Administration)
Marital Status
Separated

Assets

  • Apollo Global Management
    34,333,000 shares @ -
    -
    APO-US

Biography

Marc Rowan is the CEO and a cofounder of Apollo Global Management, one of the biggest U.S. private equity firms, with $785 billion in assets.

Rowan met Apollo cofounders Leon Black and Joshua Harris while working at investment bank Drexel Burnham Lambert's M&A division.

The trio founded Apollo in 1990, after Drexel filed for bankruptcy following a cash shortage caused by turmoil in the junk bond market.

Rowan and his cofounders took Apollo Global public in 2011.

Rowan replaced Black as Apollo's CEO in 2021, after the latter stepped amid controversy surrounding his longtime relationship with sexual predator Jeffrey Epstein.

About

Rowan owns several restaurants in the Hamptons, including Lulu Kitchen and Bar in Sag Harbor

Rowan was an investor in headphones firm Beats Electronics, which was acquired by Apple in a $3 billion deal in 2014.