Leon David Black is an American private equity investor. He is the former CEO of Apollo Global Management, which he co-founded in 1990 with Marc Rowan and Josh Harris. Black was the chairman of the Museum of Modern Art from 2018 to 2021.
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Apollo Global Management, Inc. is an American asset management firm that primarily invests in alternative assets. As of 2022, the company had $548 billion of assets under management, including $392 billion invested in credit, including mezzanine capital, hedge funds, non-performing loans, and collateralized loan obligations, $99 billion invested in private equity, and $46.2 billion invested in real assets, which includes real estate and infrastructure. The company invests money on behalf of pension funds, financial endowments, and sovereign wealth funds, as well as other institutional and individual investors.
Headquarters at the Solow Building in New York City
Apollo's headquarters in the Solow Building at 9 West 57th Street in New York City, formerly occupied by Tyco
Apollo invested in AMC Theatres in 2001 and acquired the entire company in 2004.
Caesars Palace, acquired as part of Apollo's LBO of Harrah's Entertainment