Michael Arougheti

$2.15B

as of 10/04/24

About Michael Arougheti

Michael Arougheti is the CEO and cofounder of credit-oriented alternative investment firm Ares Management, which manages $419 billion in assets.

Arougheti arrived at Ares in 2004 to help create and grow its private credit business and took over as CEO from Antony Ressler in 2018.

Ares' largest business is its direct lending segment, which makes loans to private middle-market companies in the U.S. and Europe.

The firm also has funds in several other asset classes, including private equity, real estate and infrastructure.

Arougheti graduated from Yale and worked at Kidder, Peabody & Co., Indosuez Capital and Royal Bank of Canada before joining Ares.

Personal stats

Citizenship

United States of America

Source of wealth

Finance

Residence

Nyack, New York

Marital status

Married

Birth date

10/10/72 (age 51)

Education

Bachelor of Arts, Yale University

Self-made

self-made