Founder of 7 different companies, notably: Apollo Global Management, Inc., Lion Advisors LP and Apollo Real Estate Advisors LP, Leon David Black is an entrepreneur and businessperson who has been at the head of 7 different companies and presently is Chairman & Chief Executive Officer at Apollo Global Management, Inc. (which he founded in 1990) and Chairman at AAA Guernsey Ltd., Chief Executive Officer at Apollo Capital Management IV, Inc. and Principal at Apollo Advisors LP (which he founded in 2009) (which are all subsidiaries of Apollo Global Management, Inc.), Chairman of Telemundo Group LLC Co Founder at Apollo Global Management, Inc. Mr. Black is also Co-Chairman of The Museum of Modern Art, Member of Council on Foreign Relations, Inc. and Principal at Apollo Advisors LP (he founded the company in 2009) and on the board of 14 other companies.

In the past he was MD, Head-Mergers & Acquisitions Group at Drexel Burnham Lambert, Inc., Chairman & Chief Executive Officer of AIF IV Management, Inc., Chairman of AP Alternative Assets LP, Managing Partner at Apollo Management LP (he founded the company in 2011) and Vice President for Apollo Capital Management LP (Investment Management).

He received an undergraduate degree from Dartmouth College and an MBA from Harvard Business School.