The Wharton Undergraduate Private Equity and Venture Capital Club and the Harris Family Alternative Investments Program are excited to invite you to a Fireside Chat and Q&A with Josh Harris, Co-Founder of Apollo Global Management and Harris Blitzer Sports & Entertainment. The event will take place on Tuesday, November 9th at 5:30 pm in JMHH G06 and will be moderated by Kevin Kaiser, Senior Director of the Harris Family Alternative Investments Program. We are excited to discuss how Josh’s time at UPenn led him to work at Drexel Burnham Lambert, his decision to take a gamble on starting Apollo, some of his proudest deals at Apollo, his business and philanthropic endeavors in Philadelphia, and what he sees as the future of finance.
Penn cards will be scanned at the door. If you would like to submit a question to Josh in advance of the event, please fill out the survey here. Because of space limitations from COVID-19 restrictions, we will also be streaming the event on Zoom to maximize the number of people who can join us. The link will be shared at a later date.
Please see below for Josh’s bio:
Josh Harris is the Co-Founder of Apollo Global Management, having spent over thirty years building the firm into the second-largest alternatives and largest alternative credit manager. He is responsible for some of the firm’s most successful private equity investments, including the historic LyondellBasell transaction. Josh remains an active member of Apollo’s Board and the Board’s Executive Committee.
Josh is also the Founder of Harris Blitzer Sports & Entertainment (HBSE). Within the HBSE portfolio, Josh is the Managing Partner of the Philadelphia 76ers. Additionally, Josh is active in philanthropic initiatives through his family foundation, Harris Philanthropies, which advocates for youth and community development through equitable and inclusive investing in sports, enhanced wellness and education.
Josh serves on the Boards of Mount Sinai Medical Center, Harvard Business School, the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, the NBA and the NHL. He holds an MBA from Harvard Business School, where he was named a Baker Loeb Scholar, and graduated summa cum laude from the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School of Business with a B.S. in Economics.
Josh and his wife Marjorie have been married for 25 years and live in Miami with their five children.