Leon David Black is an American investor and art collector. He co-founded the private equity firm Apollo Global Management in 1990. He is married to Debra Ressler, a Broadway producer and sister of Ares Management co-founder Antony Ressler. Black has never been personally accused of any inappropriate conduct or wrongdoing.
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Leon David Black is an American investor and art collector. He specializes in leveraged buyouts and private equity. He co-founded the private equity firm Apollo Global Management in 1990. Black is a son of Eli M. Black, a prominent Jewish businessman who emigrated from Poland. He served on the Board of Trustees of Dartmouth College from 2002 to 2011. In 2012 Black gave US$48 million toward a new visual arts center at Dartmouth College. In 2018, he was elected as the chairman of The Museum of Modern Art in New York City. He is married to Debra Ressler, a Broadway producer and sister of Ares Management co-founder Antony Ressler.
Black’s wife is a melanoma survivor. In 2007, the couple donated USD 25 million to form the new Melanoma Research Alliance. They have committed to donating another USD 15 million over the next three years. Black has never been personally accused of any inappropriate conduct or wrongdoing and said that he “deeply regrets” his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein. In September 2012, Black paid USD 119 million for one of four versions of Edvard Munch’s The Scream.
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