Leon Black
$14.85B
$95.3M (0.6%)
as of 07/02/24
About Leon Black
Leon Black is the cofounder of private equity behemoth Apollo Global Management, which manages $600 billion in assets.
Black stepped down as Apollo's CEO and chairman in March 2021 after a board investigation found that he paid $158 million in fees to Jeffrey Epstein.
He spent much of his early career at investment bank Drexel Burnham Lambert, where he eventually headed the mergers and acquisitions group.
After Drexel filed for bankruptcy in 1990, Black founded Apollo with colleagues Joshua Harris and Marc Rowan, both of whom are billionaires.
Apollo went public in 2011; Black still owns roughly 15% of the company.
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Citizenship
United States of AmericaSource of wealth
Private equityResidence
New York, New YorkMarital status
MarriedBirth date
07/31/51 (age 72)Number of children
4Education
Bachelor of Arts/Science, Dartmouth College; Master of Business Administration, Harvard UniversitySelf-made
self-madeLeon Black’s fortune is worth
247K
troy ounces of gold
228K
median U.S. household
148K
median U.S. income
0.297%
U.S. credit card volume
0.059%
GDP of the United States
0.044%
United States debt
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Did you know?
Black and his wife, Debra, a melanoma survivor, have given millions of dollars to the Melanoma Research Alliance.
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