# Ares Management

> Ares Management is a publicly traded alternative asset manager whose center of gravity is private credit. It manages more than $671 billion across credit, real estate, private equity, infrastructure and secondaries, serving institutions, insurers and wealth channels while supplying flexible debt and equity to companies and real assets. Its distinguishing move is to treat the full capital structure as one connected market: origination, underwriting data, operating expertise and client relationships are shared across investment groups rather than held in isolated product silos.

- **Founded:** 1997
- **Headquarters:** Los Angeles, United States
- **Founders:** Antony Ressler (Co-founder and Executive Chairman), John H. Kissick (Co-founder and former partner), Michael Arougheti (Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer), David Kaplan (Co-founder and Partner), Bennett Rosenthal (Co-founder and Chairman of Private Equity)
- **Team size:** Approximately 4,400 employees as of June 30, 2026.
- **Products:** Credit, Ares Capital Corporation, Real Estate, Private Equity, Infrastructure
- **Notable:** Grew assets under management to more than $671 billion by June 30, 2026., Built one of the world's largest self-originating direct-lending platforms., Closed approximately $52.3 billion across 347 U.S. direct-lending transactions in the 12 months ended June 30, 2026.

## Products & services

- **Credit** — Direct lending, liquid credit, alternative credit, opportunistic credit and Asia-Pacific credit spanning senior loans, high yield, asset-based finance and structured solutions.
- **Ares Capital Corporation** — A publicly traded business development company focused on direct lending to U.S. middle-market companies.
- **Real Estate** — Private and public real estate equity and debt strategies across logistics, housing, self-storage, hospitality and necessity-based retail, among other sectors.
- **Private Equity** — Corporate private-equity investments in middle-market businesses, paired with operational and strategic value-creation resources.
- **Infrastructure** — Debt and equity for digital, energy, transportation and utility assets, including climate and sustainable infrastructure.
- **Secondaries** — Liquidity solutions for limited partners and fund sponsors across private equity, real estate, infrastructure and credit interests.
- **Ares Insurance Solutions** — Asset management, capital solutions and corporate-development support for life and property-and-casualty insurers.
- **Ares Wealth Management Solutions** — Private-market products and education distributed through financial advisers and wealth platforms.
- **Ares IQ** — Quantitative tools for portfolio construction, scenario modeling, valuation estimates, factor analysis and private-market performance measurement.

## Achievements

- Grew assets under management to more than $671 billion by June 30, 2026.
- Built one of the world's largest self-originating direct-lending platforms.
- Closed approximately $52.3 billion across 347 U.S. direct-lending transactions in the 12 months ended June 30, 2026.
- Raised more than $100 billion and deployed more than $100 billion during 2025.
- Joined the S&P 500 in December 2025.
- Completed the GCP International acquisition, adding global logistics real estate and data-center development capabilities.
- Expanded secondaries across private equity, real estate, infrastructure and credit through Landmark Partners.
- Reported record quarterly fundraising of more than $36 billion in the second quarter of 2026.

## Latest updates

- **2026-07** — Reported second-quarter GAAP net income attributable to Ares of $150.6 million, fee-related earnings of $491.1 million and more than $36 billion of fundraising.
- **2026-07** — Reported more than $671 billion in assets under management and a record $170 billion of available capital at June 30.
- **2026-07** — Ares Alternative Credit and PIMCO-managed funds agreed to commit more than $2 billion to Eni in a long-term upstream-infrastructure partnership.
- **2026-07** — Completed the approximately $1.7 billion acquisition of Whitestone REIT, adding 54 convenience-focused retail properties.
- **2026-07** — Disclosed $8.2 billion of U.S. direct-lending commitments across 69 transactions during the second quarter.
- **2026-04** — Announced that Peter Ogilvie would become Chief Operating Officer and Head of Strategy.

## Links

- Website: https://www.ares.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/ares-management/
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/ares_management
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ares_management
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ares_mgmt/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/people/Ares-Management/61561676026336/

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Last updated: 2026-08-15