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Black, Leon David was born in 1951. Son of Eli Black.
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Leon David Black
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Leon David Black, private equity firm executive. Named one of Top 200 Collectors, ARTnews Magazine, 2004-2008, Forbes 400: Richest Americans, since 2006. Trustee Museum Modern Art (Museum of Modern Art), Mount Sinai Hospital, Lincoln Center for Performing Arts, Metropolitan Museum Art, Prep for Prep, The Jewish Museum, Cardozo School of Law, The Asia Society, Spence School, The Vail Valley Foundation, Dartmouth College, since 2002.
Education
AB summa cum laude in Philosophy & History, Dartmouth College, 1973. Master of Business Administration, Harvard University, 1975.
Career
With Drexel Burnham Lambert Incorporated, New York York City, 1977—1990, joined as associate finance department, 1977, head mergers and acquisitions, 1985—1990, co-head corporation finance department. Founder, chairman, Chief Executive Officer Apollo Management LP, since 1990. Board directors United Rentals Inc., 1999—2008, Allied Waste Industries Inc., 2000—2006, Administrative Management College Entertainment Inc., 2001—2004, Sirius XM Radio, Inc., since 2001.
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Trustee Museum Modern Art (Museum of Modern Art), Mount Sinai Hospital, Lincoln Center for Performing Arts, Metropolitan Museum Art, Prep for Prep, The Jewish Museum, Cardozo School of Law, The Asia Society, Spence School, The Vail Valley Foundation, Dartmouth College, since 2002.
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Married Debra Ressler. 4 children.
