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Michael Arougheti
Overview
- Source of Wealth
- Finance
- Industry
- Finance & Investments
- Residence
- Nyack, New York
- Education
- Yale University (Bachelor of Arts)
- Marital Status
- Married
Assets
- Ares Capital Corporation2,017,000 shares @ --ARCC-US
- Ares Management LP6,826,596 shares @ --ARES-US
Biography
Michael Arougheti is the cofounder and CEO of credit-oriented alternative investment firm Ares Management, which manages $596 billion in assets.
Arougheti arrived at Ares in 2004 to help create and grow its private credit business and took over as CEO from cofounder Antony Ressler in 2018.
Ares' largest business is its direct lending segment, which makes loans to private middle-market companies in the U.S. and Europe.
The firm also has funds in several other asset classes, including private equity, real estate and infrastructure.
Arougheti graduated from Yale and worked at Kidder, Peabody & Co., Indosuez Capital and Royal Bank of Canada before joining Ares.