Apollo Global Management

Founded in 1990, Apollo Global Management (AGM) is a global alternative investment manager that primarily invests in control equity and related debt instruments, convertible securities, and distressed debt investments. AGM focuses on nine core industries: business services; chemicals; consumer services; consumer & retail; financial services; leisure; manufacturing & industrial; media, telecoms & technology; and natural resources. The firm's private equity activities are conducted through several strategies including traditional buyouts, distressed buyouts, and corporate partner buyouts. In addition to the aforementioned activities, Apollo also maintains the flexibility to deploy capital in other types of investments such as the creation of new companies. The private equity funds managed have owned more than 150 companies since Apollo’s inception, across sectors that include financial services; business services; consumer services; chemicals; natural resources; consumer and retail; leisure; manufacturing and industrial; and media, telecom, and technology. It runs several distressed and event-driven hedge funds that utilize value-oriented investment philosophies Apollo's real estate business employs an opportunistic, value-driven style and a flexible approach to acquire real estate assets, portfolios, and companies and provide servicing or structured credit solutions, through regionally-focused funds. The firm also has a real estate debt platform that manages and invests on behalf of Apollo’s public and private vehicles that invest in commercial real estate debt, including Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance, Inc., a publicly-traded commercial mortgage REIT. The funds originate and invest in commercial real estate debt opportunities across the spectrum, including mortgages, mezzanine loans, preferred equity, and CMBS, across the United States and in Western Europe. Apollo takes a value-driven approach to credit investing as it does with private equity and real assets. Apollo seeks uncommon opportunities through diverse strategies designed to generate a range of returns, enabling investment offerings to meet each investor’s return requirements while balancing their risk appetite and need for liquidity.Read more ⏷