- CEO
- Marc Jeffrey Rowan
- Full Time Employees
- 5,141
- Sector
- Financial Services
- Industry
- Asset Management
- Address
- 9 West 57th Street New York City NY United States of America 10019
- IPO Date
- Mar 30, 2011
- Business
- Apollo Global Management, Inc. (NYSE: APO) is a leading global alternative asset manager that provides asset management services, retirement solutions, and flexible capital financing to institutional investors, companies, and individuals. The company operates through three primary segments: Asset Management, encompassing credit strategies such as investment grade credit, multi-sector credit, direct lending, private credit, structured credit, opportunistic credit, and distressed debt; Equity, including private equity buyouts, recapitalizations, growth capital, distressed investments, and hybrid value strategies; and Retirement Services via its Athene subsidiary, which offers annuities and retirement savings products to help clients achieve financial security. Principal investing complements these activities, focusing on real assets like real estate, infrastructure, and energy transition opportunities across public and private markets.
Founded in 1990 by Leon Black, Josh Harris, and Marc Rowan, Apollo Global Management is headquartered at 9 West 57th Street in New York City and maintains offices across North America, Europe, Asia, and other regions including London, Hong Kong, Mumbai, Houston, Los Angeles, and Miami. The firm manages assets for endowments, sovereign wealth funds, pension plans, and high-net-worth individuals, with a strong emphasis on generating risk-adjusted returns through contrarian, value-oriented, and distressed strategies in fixed income, equities, and alternatives. Apollo's integrated platform supports investments in diverse sectors such as clean energy, sustainable infrastructure, industrial decarbonization, and real estate, spanning markets in the United States, Western Europe, Asia, and emerging regions.
In recent developments, Apollo has pursued aggressive expansion through strategic acquisitions and partnerships; in November 2025, Apollo-managed funds completed the acquisition of a majority stake in Stream Data Centers, bolstering its data infrastructure capabilities. The firm announced a proposed all-stock acquisition of Bridge Investment Group Holdings Inc. valued at $1.5 billion, adding $50 billion in real estate assets under management in residential and industrial sectors. Further, its affiliate Redding Ridge Asset Management agreed to acquire Irradiant Partners, incorporating $10.7 billion in collateralized loan obligations and elevating its CLO platform to approximately $38 billion. Apollo extended its multi-billion-dollar partnership with Mubadala Investment Company in November 2024 for global origination, provided a $500 million hybrid capital solution to Aldar Properties PJSC in January 2025 (increasing total investment to $1.9 billion), committed up to $100 billion to Germany in defense and infrastructure in June 2025, and formed a foundational partnership with InvestCloud in 2025 to launch the Private Markets Account Network for integrated public-private wealth management. These moves, alongside a 2022 merger with Athene that simplified its structure to one class of common stock, underscore Apollo's focus on scaling infrastructure, credit, real estate, and retirement services amid evolving market dynamics.