Co-President of Apollo Asset Management,
Board of directors of DUMAC,
Duke University Board of Trustees
James C. Zelter is Co-President of Apollo Asset Management, co-leading its day-to-day operations including all of the Firm’s revenue-generating businesses and enterprise solutions across its integrated alternative investment platform. Jim serves on the Firm’s Leadership Team and on the Firm’s Board of Directors. Since joining Apollo in 2006, Jim has led the broad expansion of Apollo’s credit platform, overseeing growth to approximately $480 billion in assets under management. Jim also Co-Founded Apollo Women Empower (AWE), the Firm’s women’s network. Prior to Apollo, Jim was with Citigroup Inc. and its predecessor companies in a variety of roles including Chief Investment Officer of Citigroup Alternative Investments. Before joining Citigroup, he was a high-yield trader at Goldman Sachs.
He sits on the board of directors of DUMAC, Duke University Board of Trustees, the Partnership for New York City, the Board of Fellows of Weill Cornell Medicine and the Bridge Golf Foundation. (A.B., Duke University)