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Apollo Global Management

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Apollo Global Management, LLC
Public
Traded asNYSEAPO
IndustryAsset management
Founded1990; 29 years ago
FoundersLeon Black, John Hannan, Josh HarrisMarc Rowan, Craig Cogut, Arthur Bilger, Antony Ressler
HeadquartersSolow Building,
,
Key people
Leon Black
(Chairman and CEO)
Marc Rowan
(Senior Managing Director)
Josh Harris
(Senior Managing Director)
ProductsPrivate equity funds, credit funds, real estate fundsalternative investmentleveraged buyoutsgrowth capitalventure capital
RevenueIncrease US$2.61 billion (2017)[1]
Increase US$1.77 billion (2017)[1]
Increase US$615.57 million (2017)[1]
AUMIncrease US$248.93 billion (2017)[1]
Total assetsIncrease US$6.99 billion (2017)[1]
Total equityIncrease US$2.90 billion (2017)[1]
Websitewww.agm.com
Apollo Global Management, LLC is an American public equity firm, founded in 1990 by former Drexel Burnham Lambert banker Leon Black.[2] The firm specializes in leveraged buyout transactions and purchases of distressed securities involving corporate restructuringspecial situations, and industry consolidations. Apollo is headquartered in New York City, and also has offices in Purchase, New YorkLos AngelesHoustonLondonFrankfurtLuxembourgMadridSingaporeHong KongDelhi, and Mumbai.[3]
As of March 2018, Apollo managed over US$247 billion of investor commitments across its private equity, credit and real asset funds and other investment vehicles, making it the second-largest US-based alternative asset management firm.[4] Among the most notable companies currently owned by Apollo are Claire'sCaesars Entertainment CorporationCareerBuilder, Novitex Enterprise Solutions, ADT, and Rackspace.[5]

History[edit]

Apollo, originally referred to as Apollo Advisors, was founded in 1990, on the heels of the collapse of Drexel Burnham Lambert in February 1990. It was founded by Leon Black, the former head of Drexel's mergers and acquisitions department, along with other Drexel alumni.[6] Among the most notable founders are John Hannan, Drexel's former co-director of international finance; Craig Cogut, a lawyer who worked with Drexel's high-yield division in Los Angeles; and Arthur Bilger, the former head of the corporate finance department. Other founding partners included Marc RowanJosh Harris and Michael Gross, who both worked under Black in the mergers and acquisitions department, and Antony Ressler, who worked as a senior vice president in Drexel's high yield department with responsibility for the new issue/syndicate desk.[7][8][9]
Less than six months after the collapse of Drexel, the founders of Apollo had already begun a series of ventures. Apollo Investment Fund L.P., the first of their private equity investment funds, was formed to make investments in distressed companies. Apollo's first fund raised approximately $400 million of investor commitments on the strength of Black's reputation as a prominent lieutenant of Michael Milken and key player in the buyout boom of the 1980s.[7] Lion Advisors was set up to provide investment services to Credit Lyonnais, which was seeking to profit from depressed prices in the high yield market.[10]

1990s[edit]

At the time of Apollo's founding, financing for new leveraged buyouts was minimal[clarification needed] and Apollo turned instead to a strategy of distressed-to-control takeovers.[11][12]Apollo would purchase distressed securities which could be converted into a controlling interest in the equity of the company through a bankruptcy reorganization or other restructuring. Apollo used distressed debt as an entry point, enabling the firm to invest in such firms as Vail Resorts,[13] Walter Industries,[14][15] Culligan and Samsonite.[16]
Early on, Apollo made a name for itself by acquiring interests in companies that Drexel had helped finance by purchasing high-yield bonds from failed savings and loans and insurance companies. Apollo acquired several large portfolios of assets from the U.S. government's Resolution Trust Corporation.[17] One of Apollo's earliest and most successful deals involved the acquisition of Executive Life Insurance Company's bond portfolio. Using this vehicle, Apollo would purchase the Executive Life portfolio, generating tremendous profits[clarification needed] when the value of high yield bonds recovered, but also resulting in a variety of state regulatory issues for Apollo and Credit Lyonnais over the purchase.[18]More than a decade after the purchase, in 2002, California Attorney General Bill Lockyer accused Apollo, Leon Black, and an investor group led by French bank Credit Lyonnais of illegally acquiring the assets and bond portfolio of Executive Life Insurance Co. in 1991. According to the State of California, Lion allegedly violated a California law that prohibited foreign government-owned banks from owning California insurance companies.[19]
In 1993, Apollo Real Estate Advisers was founded in collaboration with William Mack to seek opportunities in the U.S. property markets.[20]Apollo Real Estate Investment Fund, L.P., the first in a family of real estate "opportunity funds", was closed in April 1993 with $500 million of investor commitments. In 2000, Apollo exited the partnership, which continued to operate as Apollo Real Estate Advisers until changing its name to AREA Property Partners, effective January 15, 2009. That firm is owned and controlled by its remaining principals, who include William Mack, Lee Neibart, William Benjamin, John Jacobsson, Stuart Koenig and Richard Mack.[21] Apollo Real Estate Investment Fund, L.P., the first in a family of real estate "opportunity funds" was closed in April 1993 with $500 million of investor commitments. As of 2008, the firm was investing out of three funds: Apollo Real Estate Investment Fund V, Apollo European Real Estate Fund II, and Apollo Value Enhancement Fund VII. In 2004, Apollo Real Estate acquired the Value Enhancement Funds family of investment vehicles to broaden its offerings in the "value-added" segment of the real estate investment spectrum. Apollo also operates a real estate mezzanine lending program and real estate securities hedge fund called Claros Real Estate Securities Fund, L.P.[22]
In 1995, Apollo raised its third private equity fund, Apollo Investment Fund III, with $1.5 billion of investor commitments from investors that included CalPERS and the General Motors pension fund.[23][24] Unlike its first two funds and later funds, Fund III would ultimately prove only an average performer for private equity funds of its vintage. Among the investments made in Fund III (invested through 1998) were: Alliance Imaging, Allied Waste IndustriesBreuners Home FurnishingsLevitz Furniture,[25] Communications Corporation of America,[26] Dominick'sRalphs (acquired Apollo's Food-4-Less),[27] Move.comNRT Incorporated,[28] Pillowtex Corporation,[29] Telemundo[30] and WMC Mortgage Corporation.[31]

Apollo invested in AMC in 2001 and would buy out the company in 2004
Also in 1995, Apollo founding partner Craig Cogut left the firm to found a smaller competitor Pegasus Capital Advisors. Since inception Pegasus has raised $1.8 billion in four private equity funds focused on investments in middle-market companies in financial distress. In 1997, Apollo co-founder Tony Ressler founded Ares Management as the successor to its Lion Advisors business which would manage collateralized debt obligation vehicles.[32]
In 1998, Apollo raised its fourth private equity fund, Apollo Investment Fund IV, with $3.6 billion of investor commitments.[23] Among the investments made in Fund IV (invested through 2001) were: Allied Waste Industries,[33] AMC Entertainment,[34] Berlitz International,[35] Clark Retail Enterprises,[36] Corporate Express (Buhrmann), Encompass Services Corporation, National Financial Partners, Pacer International,[37]Rent-A-CenterResolution Performance ProductsResolution Specialty MaterialsSirius Satellite Radio, SkyTerra Communications, United Rentals and Wyndham Worldwide.[38]

2000–2005[edit]


Apollo's headquarters in the Solow Building at 9 West 57th Street in New York City, formerly occupied by Tyco
Apollo deployed its fourth fund during the booming markets of the late 1990s, only to experience difficulties with the collapse of the Internet bubble and the onset of the recession. Amid the turmoil of collapsing markets, Apollo was able to raise its fifth private equity fund in 2001, Apollo Investment Fund V, with $3.7 billion of investor commitments, roughly the same amount raised as for its previous fund.[23] Among the investments made in Fund V (invested through 2006) were Affinion GroupAMC EntertainmentBerry PlasticsCablecomCompass MineralsGeneral Nutrition Centers (GNC), Goodman Global, Hexion Specialty Chemicals (Borden), IntelsatLinens 'n Things, Metals USA, Nalco Investment Holdings, Sourcecorp, Spectrasite Communications, and Unity Media.
Meanwhile, Ares continued to grow through the late 1990s and profited significantly from investments made after the collapse of the high yield market in 2000 and 2001.[citation needed] Although technically, the founders of Ares had completed a spin-out with the formation of the firm in 1997, they had maintained a close relationship with Apollo over its first five years and operated as the West Coast affiliate of Apollo. By 2002, when Ares raised its first corporate opportunities fund, the firm announced that it was more formally separating itself from its former parent company. The timing of this separation also coincided with Apollo's legal difficulties with the State of California over its purchase of Executive Life Insurance Company in 1991.[citation needed]
Following the spin-off of Ares in 2002, Apollo developed two new affiliates to continue its investment activities in the capital markets. The first of these new affiliates, founded in 2003, was Apollo Distressed Investment Fund (DIF) Management a credit opportunity investment vehicle.[39] The following year, in April 2004, Apollo raised $930 million through an initial public offering (IPO) for a listed business development company, Apollo Investment Corporation (NASDAQAINV)). Apollo Investment Corporation was formed to invest primarily in middle-market companies in the form of mezzanine debt and senior secured loans, as well as by making certain direct equity investments in companies. The Company also invests in the securities of public companies.[40][41]

2005–2010[edit]


Caesars Palace, acquired as part of Apollo's LBO of Harrah's Entertainment
The 2005–2007 period marked a boom period in private equity with new "largest buyout" records set and surpassed several times in an 18-month window from the beginning of 2006 through the middle of 2007.[42] Apollo was among the most active investors in leveraged buyout transactions during this period. Although Apollo was involved in a number of notable and large buyouts, the firm largely avoided the very largest transactions of this period. Among Apollo's most notable investments during this period included Harrah's Entertainment, a leading US gaming and casino company; Norwegian Cruise Line, the cruise line operator; Claire's Stores, the retailer of costume jewelry; and Realogy, the real estate franchisor that owns Coldwell BankerCentury 21 and Sotheby's International Realty.[43]
In August 2006, Apollo launched a $2 billion publicly traded private equity vehicle in Europe, AP Alternative Assets (ENXTAM:AAA).[41] The IPO of this new vehicle followed in the footsteps of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts, which raised $5 billion for its KKR Private Equity Investors vehicle in May 2006.[44] Apollo initially attempted to raise $2.5 billion for the public vehicle but fell short when it offered the shares in June, raising only $1.5 billion. Apollo raised an additional $500 million via private placements in the weeks following that sale.[45]
As the private equity industry expanded through 2006 and 2007, several of the largest private equity firms, most notably The Blackstone Group and Kohlberg Kravis Roberts, announced plans to realize value from their firms through the sale of shares in the public equity markets. Apollo Management chose a slightly different path, by completing a private placement of shares in its management company in July 2007. By pursuing a private placement rather than a public offering, Apollo would be able to avoid much of the public scrutiny applied to Blackstone and KKR.[41][46] In November 2007, Apollo was able to realize additional value from the sale of a 9% ownership interest in its management company to the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA).[47] Ultimately, in April 2008, Apollo would file with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)[48] to permit some holders of its privately traded stock to sell their shares on the New York Stock Exchange and in March 2011, Apollo completed its initial public offering (NYSEAPO).[49] In 2008, the firm opened an office in India, marking their first push into Asia.[50]

Apollo lost its investment in retailer Linens 'n Things with the company's 2008 bankruptcy[51]
As the deterioration of the financial markets worsened into 2008, Apollo saw several of its investments come under pressure. Apollo's 2005 investment in the struggling US retailer Linens 'n Things suffered from a significant debt burden and softening consumer demand. In May 2008, Linens filed for bankruptcy protection, one of several high-profile retail bankruptcies in 2008, costing Apollo all of its $365 million investment in the company.[51][52] At the same time, Apollo's investment in Claire'sRealogy and Harrah's Entertainment came under pressure.[43] Apollo would respond actively to its investment difficulties seeking to exchange a portion of the existing debt at Harrah's and Realogy to more favorable securities.[53] At Claire's, Apollo exercised its "PIK toggle" option to shut off cash interest payments to its bondholders and issue more debt instead, in order to provide the company with additional financial flexibility.[54]
In December 2008, Apollo completed fundraising for its latest fund, Apollo Investment Fund VII, with approximately $14.7 billion of investor commitments.[55] Apollo had been targeting $15 billion, but had been in fundraising for more than 16 months, with the bulk of the capital raised in 2007.[56]
In December 2009, it was announced that Apollo would acquire Cedar Fair Entertainment Company shares and the company would be become private underneath the management group.[57] The deal includes a cash payment of $635 million and assumed debt which gives the transaction a value of $2.4 billion.[58] It was later announced in April 2010 that the deal was pulled due to poor shareholder response.[59]

2010–2017[edit]

In March 2012, Apollo made a second attempt to acquire an amusement park operator with a $225.7 million offer for Great Wolf Resorts.[60] In November 2012, Apollo acquired The McGraw-Hill Companies' education division ("McGraw-Hill Education") in a deal totaling $2.5 billion.[61]
On March 11, 2013, Apollo Global Management made the only bid for the snacks business of Hostess Brands, including Twinkies, for $410 million.[62] Apollo bought a portfolio of Irish home loans from Lloyds Bank in December 2013 for €307m, less than half their nominal £610m (€367m) value.[clarification needed] The shares were bought by an Apollo Global Management subsidiary, Tanager Limited. The portfolio made a £33m loss last year.[63]
In January 2014, Apollo and CEC Entertainment, the parent company of Chuck E. Cheese's, announced that Apollo bought the company and its brand for about $1 billion.[64]
In October 2014, Apollo finalized the merger of its Endemol television studio with 21st Century Fox's Shine Group. The merged company became Endemol Shine Group, with AGM and Fox each owning half of the studio.[65]
In June 2015, Apollo Global Management made a successful offer of around $1.03 billion in cash to privatize OM Group.[66] Also that month, Apollo won the bidding during an auction for Saint-Gobain’s Verallia glass bottle manufacturing unit for a rumored fee of around 2.95 billion.[67]
In February 2016, ADT Corporation agreed to be acquired by Apollo Global Management.[68] Apollo Education Group[69] shareholders approved a merger with Apollo Global Management in May 2016. In June 2016, Apollo Global Management made a successful offer to purchase Diamond Resorts International.[70] Apollo made a successful offer to purchase Rackspace in August 2016.[71]
In March 2017, Apollo acquired Outerwall, owner of RedboxCoinstar, and ecoATM for about $1.6B.[72] Apollo Global Management acquired ClubCorp, one of the largest operators of golf and country clubs, in July 2017 for about $1.1B.[73]
In October 2017, Apollo acquired West Corporation for about $2 billion.[74]
On December 19, 2017, AGM acquired Mexican restaurant Qdoba for $305 million.[75]

2018–2019[edit]

AGM was in talks with Nexstar Media Group to buy their organization for over $1 billion.[76] However, on February 14, 2019, Cox Media Group announced that it was selling its 14 television stations to AGM.[77] In March 2019 filings with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Apollo disclosed that, through the newly-formed Terrier Media, the Cox stations would be acquired for $3.1 billion (to be reduced by the value of a minority equity stake in Terrier that will be retained by Cox Enterprises); Terrier will also concurrently acquire Northwest Broadcasting, giving the company 25 television stations.[78]

Operations[edit]

Apollo is operated by its managing partners, Leon Black, Joshua Harris and Marc Rowan and a team of more than 250 investment professionals, as of March 31, 2013. The firm's headquarters are located in the Solow Building at 9 West 57th Street[79] in New York City, and the firm operates additional offices in Purchase, New York, Los Angeles, Houston, London, Frankfurt, Luxembourg, Singapore, Hong Kong and Mumbai[48]
Apollo’s executive committee includes: Leon Black, chairman and chief executive officer; Josh Harris, Co-Founder and Senior Managing Director; Marc Rowan, Co-Founder and Senior Managing Director; Scott Kleinman, Co-President and Lead Partner, Private Equity; James Zelter, Co-President and Chief Investment Officer, Credit; and Gary Parr, Senior Managing Director. [80]
Apollo operates three business lines in an integrated manner:
  • Private equity—The private equity business is the cornerstone of Apollo's investment activities. Apollo invests through a variety of private equity strategies, most notably leveraged buyouts and distressed buyouts and debt investments. This business operates primarily through the firm's family of private equity investment funds (See: Investment funds)[48]
  • Credit—Apollo invests through a variety of credit strategies to complement its core private equity business. Apollo invests through a variety of investment vehicles including mezzanine fundshedge funds, European non-performing loan funds and senior credit opportunity funds.[81]
  • Real Estate—Apollo Global Real Estate (AGRE) was established in 2008 to build upon Apollo's history of investing in real estate-related sectors such as hotels and lodging, leisure and logistics. AGRE manages a number of debt and equity-oriented real estate investment funds.[81]
Joshua Harris, a founder of Apollo Global Management, was advising Trump administration officials on infrastructure policy. During that period,[when?] he met on multiple occasions with Jared Kushner, President Trump’s son-in-law and senior adviser, said three people familiar with the meetings. Among other things, the two men discussed a possible White House job for Mr. Harris.[82]

Investment vehicles[edit]

Private equity funds[edit]

Apollo has historically relied primarily on private equity funds, pools of committed capital from pension fundsinsurance companiesendowmentsfund of fundshigh-net-worth individualsfamily officessovereign wealth funds and other institutional investors. Since 2014, Apollo has begun investing its eighth private equity fund, Apollo Investment Fund VIII, which raised approximately $18 billion of investor commitments. In 2017, Apollo raised $24.6 billion for its ninth flagship private equity fund, making it the largest in history.[83] Since inception in 1990, Apollo has raised a total of nine private equity funds, including:[23]
FundVintage
Year
Committed
Capital ($m)
Apollo Investment Fund IX2017$24,600
Apollo Investment Fund VIII2014$18,400
Apollo Investment Fund VII[56]2008$14,700
Apollo Investment Fund VI2005$10,200
Apollo Investment Fund V2001$3,700
Apollo Investment Fund IV1998$3,600
Apollo Investment Fund III1995$1,500
Apollo Investment Fund II1992$500
Apollo Investment Fund I1990$400

Apollo Investment Corporation[edit]

Apollo Investment Corporation
Public company
Traded asNASDAQAINV
Founded2004; 15 years ago
RevenueIncrease US$404M (FY 2010)[84]
Increase US$263M (FY 2010)[84]
Total assetsIncrease US$3.47B (FY 2010)[85]
Total equityIncrease US$1.77B (FY 2010)[85]
Websitewww.apolloic.com
Apollo Investment Corporation is a US-domiciled publicly traded private equity closed-end fund and an affiliate of Apollo. AIC was formed to invest primarily in middle-market companies in the form of mezzanine debt and senior secured loans, as well as by making certain direct equity investments in companies. The Company also invests in the securities of public companies.[40][41]
AIC is structured as a business development company, a type of publicly traded private equity vehicle that is designed to generate interest income and long-term capital appreciation. AIC historically has not invested in companies controlled by Apollo's private equity funds.[86]

AP Alternative Assets[edit]

AP Alternative Assets
Public company
Traded asEuronextAAA
Founded2004; 15 years ago
Websitewww.apolloalternativeassets.com
AP Alternative Assets (EuronextAAA) is a Guernsey-domiciled publicly traded private equity closed-end limited partnership, managed by Apollo Alternative Assets, an affiliate of Apollo Management. AAA was formed to invest alongside Apollo's main private equity funds and hedge funds.[40][41]
AAA was launched in August 2006, shortly after Kohlberg Kravis Roberts completed an initial public offering for its $5 billion for its KKR Private Equity Investors vehicle in May 2006.[41][44] Apollo raised a total of $2 billion for AAA including the vehicle's $1.5 billion IPO and a subsequent private placement.[45]
AAA's investment portfolio is made up of a mix of private equity and capital markets investments:[87]

Portfolio investments[edit]

Apollo has been an active private equity investor through the mid-2000s buyout boom. The following is a list of Apollo's most recent and currently active private equity investments. The bulk of these investments are held in Apollo Investment Fund V, VI and VII.
InvestmentYearCompany DescriptionRef.
Berry Plastics2006In June 2006, Apollo and Graham Partners announced the acquisition of Berry Plastics Corporation, a maker of plastic containers, for $2.25 billion from Goldman Sachs Capital Partners and JPMorgan Partners.[88]
Chuck E. Cheese's2014In 2014, Apollo bought CEC Entertainment, the parent of Chuck E. Cheese's Restaurants.
Claire's2007In March 2007, Apollo announced the $3.1 billion leveraged buyout of costume jewelry retailer, Claire’s Stores. In 2008, Claire's experienced financial difficulty amid the slump in consumer spending.[89][90]
Constellis2016Appollo bought Constellis Holdings in 2016 for $1 billion. Constellis is a private military contractor that was created as a result of a merger between rival contractors Triple Canopy and Academi in 2014. Academi, founded by Erik Prince and formerly known as Blackwater USA, is best known for its role in the Nisour Square Massacre, where Blackwater guards killed 17 Iraqi civilians and injured 20.[91][92][93][94]
Countrywide plc2007In May 2007, Apollo acquired Countrywide plc, the leading provider of residential property related services in the UK, formerly known as Hambro Countrywide (1988) and Countrywide Assured Group (1998) for $1.05 billion (not related to Countrywide Financial).[95]
CEVA Logistics2006In August 2006, TNT N.V. announced that it had agreed to the sale of its logistics division to Apollo for $1.9 billion. The business was re-branded as CEVA in November 2007.[96]
Debt investments2008-2009Since the beginning of 2008, Apollo has been a significant acquiror of senior secured loans from investment banks and other financial institutions. In April 2008, Apollo, TPG Capital and The Blackstone Group completed the acquisition of $12.5 billion of bank loans from Citigroup. The portfolio comprised primarily senior secured leveraged loansthat had been made to finance leveraged buyout transactions at the peak of the market. Citigroup had been unable to syndicate the loans before the onset of the credit crunch. The loans were reported to have been sold in the "mid-80 cents on the dollar" relative to face value. In late 2008, it was reported that Apollo had received margin calls associated with the financing of its purchase of certain loan portfolios as the price of the loans decreased.[97][98][99]
Great Wolf Resorts2012In March 2012 Apollo announced plans to acquire the resorts chain for $703 million. Reports indicated the chain had not turned a profit since 2008.[100]
Harrah's Entertainment2006On December 19, 2006, Apollo and TPG Capital announced an agreement to acquire the gaming company for $27.4 billion, including the assumption of existing debt.[101]
Hexion Specialty Chemicals2005Hexion was formed in 2005 through the merger of Borden Chemical, Inc., Resolution Performance Products LLC, and Resolution Specialty Materials LLC, and the acquisition of Bakelite AG. Hexion announced in July 2007 that it was acquiring Huntsman Corporation, a major specialty chemicals company, in a $6.5 billion leveraged buyout. Hexion announced in June 2008 it would refuse to close the deal, prompting a series of legal actions. The transaction was officially terminated on December 14 after a settlement between Hexion and Huntsman, wherein they were required to pay Huntsman $1 billion to drop fraud charges that would have potentially sent the CEO of Apollo to prison.[102][103]
Jacuzzi Brands2006In October 2006, Apollo announced a $990 million leveraged buyout of Jacuzzi Brands, the manufacturer of whirlpool baths.[104]
McGraw-Hill Education2012In November 2012, McGraw Hill announced that it had agreed to the sale of its education division to Apollo for $2.5 billion.[105]
Momentive Performance Materials2006In June 2006, Apollo acquired General Electric's Advanced Materials (Silicones & Quartz) business in a deal valued at approximately $3.8 billion.[106]
Noranda Aluminum2007In April 2007, Apollo acquired the US aluminum business of the mining company Xstratafor $1.15 billion. The aluminum business, Noranda Aluminum, includes a primary smelter and three rolling mills in Tennessee, North Carolina and Arkansas along with other operations.[107]
Norwegian Cruise Line2008In January 2008, Apollo completed a $1 billion investment in the cruise line operator to support a recapitalization of the company's balance sheet.[108]
Novitex Enterprise Solutions2013In 2013, Apollo acquired Pitney Bowes Management Services (PBMS) for $400 million. From PBMS, Apollo formed Novitex Enterprise Solutions. Novitex is a document outsourcing provider that manages business-critical services for over 500 companies across ten industries. Many of its clients are Fortune 500 companies.[109][110]
Oceania Cruises2007In February 2007, Apollo acquired the luxury cruise line and provided additional capital to fund the expansion of the company with the purchase of two new cruise ships.[111][112]
Philips Lumileds2017In June 2017, Apollo bought 80.1% of Philips Lumileds division for $1.5 billion.[113][114]
Realogy:
2006In December 2006, Apollo announced an $8.5 billion buyout of the real estate franchisor that owns Coldwell Banker, Century 21 and Sotheby’s International Realty. The transaction closed in April 2007 and was delisted from the New York Stock Exchange. As the housing market crash accelerated in 2008, Realogy faced financial pressures relating to its debt load. In November 2008, Realogy launched an exchange offer for a portion of its debt to provide additional flexibility, prompting a lawsuit from Carl Icahn.[53][115][116][117]
Regent Seven Seas Cruises2008In February 2008, Apollo purchased the luxury cruise line from Carlson Companies for $1 billion. Following the purchase, Apollo made public their plans to order a new ship for Regent.[118]
Rexnord Corporation2006In May 2006, Apollo announced the acquisition of the manufacturer of precision motion technology products, primarily focused on power transmission, from private equity firm The Carlyle Group for $1.825 billion.[104][119]
Smart & Final
2007In February 2007, Apollo announced the acquisition of the Smart & Final chain of warehouse style food and supply stores. In June 2007, Smart & Final completed the acquisition of the Henry's Marketplace chain of "farmers market" style food retailers from Wild Oats Markets as part of that company's acquisition by Whole Foods Market. In 2011, the Henry's chain was merged with Sprouts Farmers Market, which, like the Henry's markets, had been founded by Henry Boney.[120][121]
Thai Ornament Resorts2016In January 2016, Apollo announced the acquisition of Thai Ornament Resorts, an upscale destination resort developing firm, for $75.8 million from Tri-Cities Partnershipand The Pool Trust.[124]
Vantium Management2008In May 2008, Apollo invested in Vantium, a company that buys residential mortgage assets as part of a strategy to profit from the housing market crash.[125]
Verso Paper2006In 2006, Apollo acquired International Paper's coated and supercalendered paperbusiness for $1.4 billion, renaming the business, Verso Paper. Verso has been the second largest producer for the North American magazine publishing and catalog/commercial print markets. In May 2008, Verso was able to complete an initial public offering of stock.[126][127]
Other investments include Connections Academy and Unity Media GMBH.

Affiliated businesses[edit]

From its inception, Apollo built as part of a network of affiliated businesses focusing on private equity and a variety of distressed investment strategies.

Lion Advisors[edit]

Lion Advisors
Public
SuccessorAres Management
Founded1990; 29 years ago
Websitewww.agm.com/ Edit this on Wikidata
Lion Advisors (or Lion Capital), which was founded at the same time as Apollo in 1990, focused on investment management and consulting services to foreign institutional accounts targeting investments in public and private high yield debt securities in the US. In 1992, Lion entered into a more formal arrangement to manage the $3 billion high-yield portfolio for Credit Lyonnais which together with a consortium of other international investors provided the capital for Lion's investment activities. The Lion business would ultimately be replaced by Ares Management.[128]

Ares Management[edit]

Ares Management
Public
PredecessorLion Advisors
Founded1997; 22 years ago
2002; 17 years ago(independent)
Websitewww.aresmgmt.com
Ares Management, founded in 1997, was initially established to manage a $1.2 billion market value collateralized debt obligation vehicle. Ares would grow to manage a family of collateralized loan obligation (CLO) vehicles that would invest in capital markets-based securities including senior bank loans and high-yield and mezzanine debt. Ares was founded by Antony Ressler and John H. Kissick, both partners at Apollo as well as Bennett Rosenthal, who joined the group from the global leveraged finance group at Merrill Lynch.[129]
Ares I and II which were raised were structured as market value CLOs. Ares III though Ares X were structured as cash flow CLOs. In 2002, Ares completed a spinout from Apollo management. Although technically, the founders of Ares had completed a spinout with the formation of the firm in 1997, they had maintained a close relationship with Apollo over its first five years and operated as the West Coast affiliate of Apollo. Shortly thereafter, Ares completed fundraising for Ares Corporate Opportunities Fund, a special situations investment fund with $750 million of capital under management.[128][129]
In 2004, Ares debuted a publicly traded business development company, Ares Capital Corporation (NASDAQ:ARCC).[130] In 2006, Ares raised a $2.1 billion successor special situations fund (Ares Corporate Opportunities Fund II).[129]

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Edward Siedle
A new web-based platform seeks to use crowdfunding to enable retirement plan participants to commission an investigation of abuses and shortcomings in investment management of their plans.
Through investigatemyretirementplan.com, participants in defined benefit and defined contribution plans can proposed forensic investigations and initiate fundraising to finance the inquiries, said Edward Siedle, president, Benchmark Financial Services Inc., Ocean Ridge, Fla., who created the platform, which launched March 6.
Fundraising proceeds will pay Mr. Siedle to conduct the investigations. Mr. Siedle plans to post the proposals he accepts to the website Kickstarter.com to raise funds through its crowdfunding network, indicating the amount sought for each proposal to conduct the investigation.
Participants who have a stake in the outcome can contribute or anyone else, such as taxpayers concerned about public plan costs.
The key focus of investigations could include conflicts of interest, fee disclosure, excessive fees, company stock allocation and suitability of investment options.
Mr. Siedle plans to present the findings to the officials overseeing the plan and post results, making them available to the public. Any action stemming from the findings would be up to the plan sponsor to take or participants to pursue, Mr. Siedle said.
“If it works even a little, it would change the landscape significantly, creating the possibility participants” can get more involved in oversight of their plan, Mr. Siedle said.
This article originally appeared in the March 9, 2015 print issue as, "New website brings investigations of pension fund to the masses".

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US Airways Flight 1549 PASSUR Aerospace, Inc.

Connecting Success Factors to Bennett

The Dubious Phone Call and Time Wasting Project
The folks at TPG will have to answer to my Whistleblower Complaints on the truly odd collection of RFPs emanating from companies connected to Richard Blum, William McGlashan, CBRE, Regency Centers, Trammel Crow, Lennar, Catellus.

My story is about witness murders, private equity, mergers and acquisitions linked back to the Matter of Bennett v. Southern Pacific lost in 1989.  It was a winnable case as long the witnesses testified.  
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Uploaded on Feb 11, 2009
Courtesy PASSUR/AGI http://www.passur.com/

PASSUR(R) Captures Data for Flight Path of US Airways Flight 1549 Made Available to Investigators Minutes After Plane Lands on Hudson River
Wednesday February 11, 12:00 pm ET

GREENWICH, Conn., Feb. 11 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- PASSUR Aerospace, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: PSSR - News) announced today that it had provided the exact data points for the flight track of US Airways Flight 1549 to the investigators researching the incident, from its departure at LaGuardia Airport to its descent into the Hudson River. The data, with PASSUR's 4.6 second update rate, was available within seconds of the event, and provided to investigators and US Airways within minutes. A high resolution animation of the flight, created with PASSUR's partner Analytical Graphics, Inc. (www.agi.com) is now available on PASSUR's home page at www.passur.com.
"As we have done many times before, we collaborated closely with accident investigators, and in this case with US Airways, in providing data and analytics derived from our national network of PASSUR radar and our live aviation database," said Jim Barry, President and CEO of PASSUR Aerospace. "And, as always -- because information security is our number-one priority, and because of the unique nature of our data -- we wait until we have concurrence from investigators and the airline before releasing our data to the public. We are pleased to make the simulation of this extraordinary flight available to the public at this time."

PASSUR provided the information immediately to the National Transportation Safety Board, FAA, US Airways, and the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.

The PASSUR radar systems located at Newark Liberty International Airport and John F. Kennedy International Airport identified the flight at 400 feet from lift-off from LaGuardia Runway 4 on January 15th and tracked it down to 400 feet above the Hudson River. There are a total of 49 PASSUR radar hits which feed the US Airways Flight 1549 simulation with detailed data.

PASSUR is a unique aviation resource because of:

-- Rapid-update rate of data: PASSUR tracking data updates every 4.6 seconds

-- Instant availability and replay: PASSUR flight and airspace data become available in real time on a variety of applications

-- The International PASSUR network: there are more than 100 PASSUR installations worldwide

-- Integrated database: PASSUR data is instantly correlated with multiple additional sources of aviation data to create a single comprehensive flight and airspace management resource

About Analytical Graphics, Inc.

Analytical Graphics, Inc. develops commercial off-the-shelf analysis software for land, sea, air, and space that is relied upon by the national security and space communities in more than 35,000 worldwide installations. AGI's software includes desktop applications, an application engine, and lightweight component libraries, with a wide range of licensing and pricing options. For additional information about AGI, e-mail info@agi.com or explore http://www.agi.com.

About PASSUR Aerospace, Inc.

PASSUR Aerospace owns and operates a unique database of flight information with proprietary decision-making software, primarily powered by a growing international network of passive radars (PASSURs) located at more than 100 airports world-wide, including all of the top 35 U.S. airports -- from which it provides PASSUR information, analytics, and decision support tools to improve the financial condition and operational efficiency of aviation organizations. PASSUR Aerospace offers unique user-friendly information as well as decision algorithms which provide innovative commercial air traffic solutions to more than 50 airports, including customers at 8 of the top 10 U.S. airports; to dozens of airlines, including 7 of the top 10 U.S. airlines; and to more than 200 corporate aviation customers, as well as to the U.S. Government. In addition, the company has created and implemented collaborative web-based software that allows the company's customers to instantly share information to improve individual and joint decision making, creating additional value for those customers. Visit http://www.passur.com for updated products, solutions and news. Contact: Ron Dunsky (203) 622-4086 rondunsky@passur.com

Source: PASSUR Aerospace, Inc.

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Bay Area Council / Homelessness Task Force

Connecting Success Factors to Bennett

The Dubious Phone Call and Time Wasting Project
The folks at TPG will have to answer to my Whistleblower Complaints on the truly odd collection of RFPs emanating from companies connected to Richard Blum, William McGlashan, CBRE, Regency Centers, Trammel Crow, Lennar, Catellus.

My story is about witness murders, private equity, mergers and acquisitions linked back to the Matter of Bennett v. Southern Pacific lost in 1989.  It was a winnable case as long the witnesses testified.  
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Driving Regional Solutions

The Bay Area has the third largest homeless population in the United States, behind only New York City and Los Angeles County. The homelessness crisis is an increasingly visible human tragedy for those on the streets, and a policy failure which undermines the region’s quality of life and tarnishes its reputation. The Council’s Homelessness Task Force brings together private sector leaders to influence policies aimed at finally solving this inter-generational challenge.
We are focused on coalition building and regional solutions. The Council has a strong relationship with all of the Bay Area Caucus members in the legislature, and is recognized as a thought leader on housing policy. Few regional analyses have yet been conducted on the Bay Area’s homelessness crisis, and the Council is ideally suited to lead reform efforts. Our goal is to measurably reduce the number of homeless people on the streets of the Bay Area.

2019 Policy Activities

  • Complete first ever regional study of the Bay Area’s homelessness crisis through a partnership with the Bay Area Council Economic Institute and McKinsey.
  • Host regional convening of business and civic leaders to showcase homelessness study and discuss proposed solutions. The study is ongoing, but several potential activities include:
  • Encourage cities to scale homelessness services across jurisdictions.
  • Lead effort to reopen or expand state board-and-care facilities for homeless with serious mental health challenges.
  • Pass a “right to shelter” law (like Massachusetts and New York) that compels the city and state to provide shelter beds to all who are homeless by “reason of physical, mental, or social dysfunction.”

Task Force

Gary Meltzer, PwC; Sam Hawgood, UCSF; Mary Huss, San Francisco Business Times; Jim Levine, Montezuma Wetlands; Janet Lamkin, United Airlines; Yvette Radford-Tucker, Kaiser Permanente; Wade Rose, Dignity Health; John Del Santo, Accenture; Kausik Rajgopal, McKinsey & Co.
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