Full Name Marc Rowan Ethnicity Jewish | Nationality United States Name Marc Rowan | |
Occupation Investor, Philanthropist Net worth US $ 2.83 billion (March 2014) Similar People Leon Black, Joshua Harris, Robert Kraft | ||
Marc J. Rowan (born August 19, 1962) is an American billionaire businessman and co-founder of the private equity firm Apollo Global Management.
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Biography
Rowan was born to a Jewish family in 1962. His mother Barbara was a teacher and a trained concert pianist. He has one sister Andrea. Rowan graduated summa cum laude with a B.S. and an M.B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania. After school, he worked in the Mergers & Acquisitions Group of Drexel Burnham Lambert where he worked in New York City and Los Angeles. In 1990, Rowan co-founded the private equity firm Apollo Global Management with former Drexel Burnham colleagues Leon Black and Joshua Harris. The firm went public in March 2011.
Philanthropy
He is a founding member and serves on the executive committee of the Youth Renewal Fund and is a member of the board of directors for the National Jewish Outreach Program, the New York Police Foundation and serves on the Board of Underseers of the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School of Business.
Personal life
Rowan is married to Carolyn G. Pleva and lives in New York City.