Ares Management

Founded in 1997, Ares Management is a global alternative asset manager with approximately $144 billion of assets under management. It operates through three platforms: Ares Private Equity Group, Ares Private Debt Group, and Ares Capital Markets Group. The firm invests across credit, private equity, and real estate markets, focusing on middle-market companies and providing financing solutions to private businesses.

Mark Affolter

Partner and Co-Head of US Direct Lending

Justin Anderson

Vice President

Juan Arciniegas

Managing Director

Tara Arens

Managing Director

Michael Arougheti

CEO

Joshua Bellet

Managing Director

Michelle J. Brauner

Principal

Stewart Carrico

Principal

Michael Clancy

Vice President - Private Equity

Tyrone Cooney

Partner of Credit Group

Craig Cortright

Partner

James Cumming

Principal

R. DeVeer III

Partner, Head of Ares Credit Group, CEO of Ares Capital Corporation and Board Member at Ares Management

Keith E. Derman

Partner, Co-Head of Ares Infrastructure Opportunities

Douglas Dieter Ph.D

Partner, Portfolio Manager and Co-Head of Ares Specialty Healthcare

Brooke Epstein

Managing Director

Stéphane Etroy

Partner, Head of European Private Equity

Will Farrant

Partner

Dion Ferrell

Private Equity Managing Director of Portfolio Management Group

Robert D. Franson

Managing Director

Amy Fujimoto

Partner

Kai Gebauer

Partner

Thomas Gillis

Managing Director

Jay Glaubach JD

Partner and Co-Head, US Investments

Mitchell Goldstein

Partner and Co-Head of the Global Credit Group

Scott Graves

Partner, Co-Head of Private Equity Group and Portfolio Manager

Nicolas Greilsamer

Principal, Private Equity

George He

Partner

James Hirshorn

Partner

Joel Holsinger

Partner, Portfolio Manager and Co-Head of Alternative Credit at Ares Management

Michael Huddleston

Managing Director

Jerry Jansen

Managing Director

Andrew Jurkowski

Managing Director, Private Equity

David Kaplan

Co-Founder, Director and Partner

John Kissick

Founder

Jeffrey Kramer

Partner, Portfolio Manager and Strategy Head for ABS at Ares Management

Scott Lem

Partner

Natasha Li

Partner

Warren MacGillivray

Partner

Ian Maccubbin

Principal

Julie Madnick

Managing Director and Portfolio Manager and Strategy Head for CMBS

Jana Weiss Markowicz

COO

Alastair McDonnell

Partner and Head, European Investment Operations

Barry Miller

Partner, Ares Secondaries Group and CEO, Ares Private Markets Fund

Lucas Missong

Principal

Brian Moncrief

Managing Director

Roopa Murthy

Partner, Head of Infrastructure Debt Europe

Boris Okuliar

Partner and Co-Head of Global Liquid Credit

Andrew Pike

Partner and Co-Head of Ares Infrastructure Opportunities

Stefano Questa

Partner and Co-Head of Europe for Alternative Credit

Aaron Rosen

Partner

Scott Rosen

Partner

Robert Rosen

Operating Partner

Kevin Ryan

Partner

Jeevan Sagoo

Managing Director

Luca Salvato

Partner

Adam Schatzow

Managing Director

Mark Segel

Partner and Co-Head of Ares EIF

Stephanie Setyadi

Partner

Simon Shen

Vice President

Torre de Silva

Managing Director

Michael Smith

Partner and Co-Head of the Global Credit Group

Nina Sui

Managing Director

Kris Talgo

Principal

Matt Underwood

Partner

Nathan Walton

Partner and Head of Private Equity Secondaries

Eric Waxman

Partner

Helen Yang

Managing Director

Felix Zhang

Partner

Abraham Zilkha

Partner

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Post in 2024
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SageSure

Private Equity Round in 2023
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SageSure

Debt Financing in 2022
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