Michael J. Arougheti is an entrepreneur and businessperson who founded Ares Management Corp., Ares Management LP, Ares Management LLC and Ares Management Corp (Private Equity) and who has been the head of 8 different companies. Currently, Mr. Arougheti is Co-Chairman of Ares Acquisition Corp., President, Chief Executive Officer & Director at Ares Management Corp., Co-Chairman & Executive Vice President at Ares Capital Corp., Director, CEO & President at Ares Management LLC, President, Chief Executive Officer & Director at Ares Management GP LLC and Co-Chairman and Executive Vice President at Ares Management Corp (Private Equity) (which are all subsidiaries of Ares Management Corp.) and Senior Advisor at Volery Capital Partners LLC. Michael J. Arougheti is also Partner at Direct Lending Group, Inc. and Member of Program for Appropriate Technology in Health and on the board of 7 other companies. He previously occupied the position of Principal at Royal Bank of Canada and Managing Partner-Principal Finance Group at RBC Capital Partners Ltd. (a subsidiary of Royal Bank of Canada), Principal at Onyx Partners, Inc., Executive Vice President at Columbia Savings & Loan Association (Milwaukee, Wisconsin), Member-Mergers & Acquisitions Group at Kidder, Peabody & Co., Inc., Principal at Taylor & Co. Law Offices LLP, Co-Chairman for ACRE Capital LLC, Director at Evercom, Inc., Director at Imperial Capital LLC and Principal at Indosuez Capital. Mr. Arougheti received an undergraduate degree from Yale University.