Leon Black

Leon Black

Leon David Black is an American private equity investor. He is the former CEO of Apollo Global Management, which he co-founded in 1990 with Marc Rowan and Josh Harris. Black was the chairman of the Museum of Modern Art from 2018 to 2021. Black resigned from both Apollo Global Management and the Museum of Modern Art in the wake of revelations about his business ties to the New York financier and child sex offender, Jeffrey Epstein. Between 2012 and 2017, Black paid Epstein a total of $170 million for "tax and financial services" that reportedly saved him over $1 billion in taxes. After Black had a long-term affair with a Russian model, she threatened to make public allegations of sexual abuse unless he paid her $100 million. Epstein negotiated a 2015 NDA under which Black agreed to pay her $100,000 per month over 15 years, totalling $18 million. In 2020, Black said that he "deeply regrets" his relationship with Epstein.

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• Entity:  Person

• Born:  Leon David Black, July 31, 1951
• Age:  75 Years
• Education:  Dartmouth College (Ba), Harvard University (Mba)
• Known for:  Co-Founder Of Apollo Management
• Spouse(s):  Debra Ressler
• Children:  4, Including Benjamin
• Parent(s):  Eli M. Black (Father)
• Family:  Tony Ressler (Brother-In-Law), Benedict I. Lubell (Uncle), Grace Borgenicht Brandt (Aunt)
• Born:  31 July 1951
• Wikidata description:  American Billionaire Businessman, Moma Chairman, Art Collector (Born 1951)
• Wikidata label:  Leon Black
• Wikidata aliases:  Leon Black, Leon David Black

• Related Topics:  Apollo Global Management People, Drexel Burnham Lambert, Sexual Harassment In The United States, American Financial Company Founders, Private Equity And Venture Capital Investors, Jewish Art Collectors, American Chief Executives Of Financial Services Companies, American Art Collectors