# Marc Rowan Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer · [Apollo](https://www.apollo.com/) [Company bio](https://www.apollo.com/aboutus/leadership-and-people/marc-rowan) ## About 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. ## Experience - Co-Founder, Chief Executive Officer and Chair of the Board · Apollo Global Management · 1990 – Present - Board member and Executive Committee member · Athene Holding Ltd. · 2009 – 2025 ## Education - M.B.A. in Finance · The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania · 1985 - B.S., summa cum laude · The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania · 1984 ## Board seats - 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 ## Notable achievements - Initial funder of and contributor to the Penn Wharton Budget Model, a nonpartisan fiscal-policy research initiative ## Assets on this site - [ACRED Apollo Diversified Credit Securitize Fund](https://galactic.inc/analytics/acred/) ## Sources - [Apollo: Marc Rowan biography](https://www.apollo.com/aboutus/leadership-and-people/marc-rowan) - [Apollo Global Management 2026 proxy statement (SEC)](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1858681/000119312526177321/d948913ddef14a.htm) - [Apollo Global Management 2025 Form 10-K (SEC)](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1858681/000185868126000013/apo-20251231.htm)