# Apollo Global Management, Inc.

> Apollo Global Management is a New York asset manager that turned unglamorous, investment-grade lending into one of the biggest engines in finance. Founded in 1990 by ex-Drexel bankers as a distressed-debt shop, it now manages roughly $940 billion across credit, private equity and real assets, owns the annuities giant Athene, and originates its own loans instead of just buying them. Its bet: the safest slice of private credit, sold to insurers, pensions and eventually retirees, is where the durable money lives.

- **Founded:** 1990
- **Headquarters:** New York, United States
- **Founders:** Leon Black (Co-Founder, former Chairman & CEO), Josh Harris (Co-Founder), Marc Rowan (Co-Founder, Chairman & CEO), Tony Ressler (Co-Founder)
- **Team size:** ~6,200 employees
- **Products:** Credit, Private Equity / Equity, Real Assets, Athene (Retirement Services), Apollo Global Wealth Management
- **Notable:** Grew from a 1990 distressed-debt startup to roughly $940 billion in assets under management., Completed the full merger with Athene in 2022, creating an insurance-anchored asset manager., Acquired Bridge Investment Group in 2025, nearly doubling real estate AUM by more than $110 billion.

## Products & services

- **Credit** — Apollo's largest business - corporate direct lending, asset-backed finance, high-grade capital solutions and private credit origination for companies and projects.
- **Private Equity / Equity** — Flagship buyout, hybrid value and growth strategies rooted in the firm's original distressed and value investing approach.
- **Real Assets** — Real estate equity and debt plus infrastructure - expanded sharply through the 2025 acquisition of Bridge Investment Group.
- **Athene (Retirement Services)** — Wholly owned annuities and retirement business issuing fixed indexed annuities and MYGAs, providing long-duration liabilities that anchor Apollo's balance sheet.
- **Apollo Global Wealth Management** — Channel bringing private markets products to individual investors and financial advisors.
- **State Street PRIV ETF (with State Street)** — The IG Public & Private Credit ETF putting investment-grade private credit into a daily-priced, exchange-traded wrapper.

## Achievements

- Grew from a 1990 distressed-debt startup to roughly $940 billion in assets under management.
- Completed the full merger with Athene in 2022, creating an insurance-anchored asset manager.
- Acquired Bridge Investment Group in 2025, nearly doubling real estate AUM by more than $110 billion.
- Co-created one of the first ETFs (PRIV) to offer retail access to investment-grade private credit.
- Built a bank consortium (JPMorgan, Goldman, Citi) to make private credit tradable at scale.
- Reported roughly $32 billion in 2025 revenue and multibillion-dollar net income.

## Latest updates

- **2026-06** — Published its thesis on increasing transparency and tradability in private credit, framing the asset class as a maturing, tradable market.
- **2026-05** — Private credit reaches the ETF era via the State Street PRIV product, expanding individual-investor access.
- **2026-03** — Partnered with Intercontinental Exchange to launch ICE Private Credit Intelligence for private-credit pricing and data.
- **2025-09** — Completed the ~$1.5 billion acquisition of Bridge Investment Group, expanding real estate equity and origination.
- **2025-05** — Teamed with JPMorgan, Goldman Sachs and Citigroup to syndicate and trade Apollo-originated private credit.
- **2025-02** — Announced the Bridge Investment Group acquisition and the State Street IG Public & Private Credit ETF.

## Links

- Website: https://www.apollo.com
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/company/apollo-global-management-inc
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/apolloglobal
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ApolloGlobalManagement
- Facebook: https://facebook.com/apolloglobalmanagement

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Last updated: 2026-08-16