Leon Black

Leon Black

Founder at Apollo Advisors LP

Net worth: 4 814 M $ as of 2024-02-28

73 year
Consumer Services
Finance
Commercial Services

Profile

Leon Black is CEO and co-founder of Apollo Global Management LP, a LBO specialist fund, which manages more than 60 billion of dollars in assets mainly for institutional investors.

After a degree in philosophy and history obtained at Dartmouth College in 1973, Leon Black continues his studies and in 1975 he reached an MBA from Harvard Business School. In 1977 he joined the Drexel Burnham Lambert Incorporated, investment bank, where he worked as General Director, Director of Fusion & Acquisitions, and Co-director of the Corporate Finance Department.

During 13 years, Leon Black popularizes the LBO, and makes a name for oneself working with investor as Carl Icahn and T. Boone Pickens, by financing their hostile takeover bids. Drexel meets a catastrophic end, his director and mentor Michael Milken will end up in prison. Black escapes uninjured from this affair.

With capital recovered from Drexel, Leon Black founded in 1990 Apollo Management with Joshua Harris and Marc Rowan, as well managers of Drexel. He also founded Apollo Investment Corporation, and then a real estate’s branch called Area Property Partners.

Director of Rentals and Sirius Satellite Radio, Leon Black is also director of Dartmouth College, Museum of Modern Art and Mount Sinai Hospital. He is also member of National Advisory Committee of JP Morgan Chase and board member of Faster Cures.






Known holdings in public companies

CompanyDateNumber of sharesValuationValuation date
2024-02-23 43,054,773 ( 7.58% ) 4 814 M $ 2024-02-28

Leon Black active positions

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Chairman -
Dartmouth College Director/Board Member -
Corporate Officer/Principal 2011-04-14
Founder 2009-08-06
Director/Board Member -
Director/Board Member -
FasterCures Director/Board Member 2010-05-19
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Training of Leon Black

Dartmouth College Undergraduate Degree
Harvard Business School Masters Business Admin

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Connections

100 +

1st degree connections

41

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Linked companies

Listed companies3
VAIL RESORTS, INC.

Consumer Services

UNITED RENTALS, INC.

Finance

ENVIRONMENTAL SOLUTIONS WORLDWIDE, INC.

Producer Manufacturing

Private companies36

Transportation

Consumer Services

Lion Advisors LP

Transportation

Consumer Services

Consumer Durables

Finance

Consumer Services

Finance

Finance

Consumer Services

Finance

Finance

Finance

Consumer Services

Finance

Drexel Burnham Lambert, Inc.

Process Industries

Health Services

Miscellaneous

Consumer Services

Consumer Services

Commercial Services

Finance

Commercial Services

Commercial Services

Commercial Services

FasterCures

Consumer Services

Consumer Services

Commercial Services

Finance

Port Authority Task Force

AAA Guernsey Ltd.

AAA MIP Ltd.

Melanoma Research Alliance

Miscellaneous

Health Services

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