Apollo Seeks to Reassure Clients About Rowan’s Epstein Ties (1)

Apollo Global Management Inc. sought to reassure clients that its top executives didn’t have a relationship with disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein after some employees — including Chief Executive Officer Marc Rowan — were named in newly released files by the Justice Department.

In “select instances” Rowan and other Apollo employees provided information to Epstein in connection with his tax work for Apollo co-founder Leon Black, Apollo said in a letter to clients. Epstein’s deep ties with Black have haunted the firm since 2019, when Epstein was arrested on federal charges that he molested and exploited teenage girls.

Marc Rowan

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“Black, ...