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Leon Black, who founded the alternative investment firm Apollo Global Management, is stepping down as chief executive following an independent review of his relations with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
Mr Black will retire as chief executive "effective on or before July 31, 2021 consistent with best-in-class governance practices of the company", Apollo said in a statement on Monday. He will, however, remain chairman of the firm he founded three decades ago.
Marc Rowan will take over as the new chief executive of the alternative asset management company, which had $433 billion in assets under management at the end of September last year.