Former SEC Chief Clayton to Chair Investment Giant Apollo
Clayton was named chair after longtime Apollo chief Leon Black unexpectedly called it quits Monday.
Mar 22, 2021 at 4:43 p.m. UTCUpdated Aug 19, 2021 at 8:14 a.m. UTC
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Former U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chairman Jay Clayton assumed the top boardroom seat at Apollo Global Management on Monday after founder Leon Black, the $455 billion management firm's longtime CEO and chair, unexpectedly announced his departure.
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- In a press release, Apollo named Clayton as the new "non-executive chair of board."
- Apollo co-founder Marc Rowan will replace Black as CEO.
- Clayton joined Apollo's board in February as its lead independent director, quickly moving into the private sector after a three-year stint helming the SEC, the top U.S. investments regulatory body.
- Clayton ran the SEC during its early blockade against a bitcoin exchange-traded fund, the crackdown on unregistered and fraudulent initial coin offerings and, in his final weeks, the initiation of the lawsuit against Ripple Labs.
- Black had previously pledged to cede control of Apollo after fallout over his ties to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, but he was expected to retain the chairmanship.
- Monday, he credited health issues in explaining the full severance.
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