Marc Rowan

Marc Rowan is Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Apollo and Chair of the Board of Apollo Global Management, which he co-founded in 1990. He served on the board and Executive Committee of Athene Holding Ltd. from 2009 to 2025. He holds an M.B.A. in Finance and a B.S., summa cum laude, from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, where he chairs the Board of Advisors. Rowan also chairs the Board of UJA-Federation of New York and the Youth Renewal Fund, and was an initial funder of the Penn Wharton Budget Model.

• Co-Founder, Chief Executive Officer and Chair of the BoardApollo Global Management1990 – Present
• Board member and Executive Committee memberAthene Holding Ltd.2009 – 2025

• M.B.A. in Finance · The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania · 1985
• B.S., summa cum laude · The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania · 1984

• Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania · Chair, Board of Advisors
• UJA-Federation of New York · Chair of the Board
• Youth Renewal Fund · Founding member and Chair
• Darca · Vice Chair

• Initial funder of and contributor to the Penn Wharton Budget Model, a nonpartisan fiscal-policy research initiative

1. Apollo: Marc Rowan biography
2. Apollo Global Management 2026 proxy statement (SEC)
3. Apollo Global Management 2025 Form 10-K (SEC)