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  • Wednesday, 27 April, 2022
    Leon Black gave £2mn to Russian model for British visa

    Billionaire financier brokered introduction to lawyer to help ex-mistress obtain legal status in UK

  • Saturday, 5 March, 2022
    Apollo Global Management LLC
    Leon Black’s Epstein ties risked ‘catastrophic impact’ at Apollo, ex-deputy claims

    Josh Harris fires back at private equity billionaire in escalating legal dispute

  • Friday, 11 February, 2022
    Leon Black’s lawyers pushed for probe into extortion claim

    New York prosecutors investigate allegation that Russian model was blackmailing former Apollo chief

  • Thursday, 10 February, 2022
    News in-depthApollo Global Management LLC
    Apollo under scrutiny over lingering ties to Leon Black

    Former boss remains top shareholder in investment group as he feuds with co-founder

  • Thursday, 27 January, 2022
    Due Diligence
    Leon Black’s Shakespearean drama Premium content

    Plus, a historic London haunt becomes the centre of a bankruptcy battle and Wall Street banks send a message to Beijing

  • Tuesday, 25 January, 2022
    Leon Black says former Apollo protégé conspiring to ‘destroy’ him

    Court papers claim Joshua Harris orchestrated a plot targeting the private equity kingpin after he was passed over for CEO job

  • Friday, 21 January, 2022
    Due Diligence
    Clash of the (former) private equity titans Premium content

    Plus, a four-year-old legal case comes back to haunt McKinsey and Wall Street shells out for 2021’s dealmaking bonanza

  • Thursday, 20 January, 2022
    Apollo Global Management LLC
    Leon Black accuses former Apollo lieutenant of attempted ‘coup’

    Court filing claims Josh Harris schemed to oust private equity billionaire

  • Tuesday, 18 January, 2022
    Due Diligence
    The New York PR maven entangled in Leon Black’s legal battle Premium content

    Plus, Unilever places the bid no one asked for and British pensioners unwittingly fund a controversial spyware group

  • Monday, 17 January, 2022
    Billionaire Leon Black targets New York elite in fight against rape claim

    Former Apollo leader’s attorneys seek phone records of leading PR figure and subpoena accuser’s law firm

  • Wednesday, 1 December, 2021
    Jeffrey Epstein was among those Leon Black told of ‘extortion’ threats

    Sworn statement by Apollo co-founder filed in case brought by woman claiming she was raped

  • Friday, 19 November, 2021
    Due Diligence
    The private equity tycoon next door Premium content

    Plus, private equity takes on Unilever’s tea business

  • Thursday, 18 November, 2021
    UK property
    Apollo billionaire Leon Black buys £21m luxury home in London

    Eaton Square deal comes as private equity tycoon’s star dims in New York after scrutiny of Epstein links

  • Monday, 19 July, 2021
    Leon Black rejects claims he raped and harassed Russian model

    Former Apollo chief executive alleges he is ‘victim of criminal extortion scheme’

  • Wednesday, 2 June, 2021
    FT News Briefing podcast11 min listen
    Leon Black accused of rape, Djibouti’s success story

    Former Apollo CEO Leon Black has been hit with a lawsuit claiming that he raped a woman

  • Tuesday, 1 June, 2021
    Lawsuit claims ex-Apollo CEO Leon Black sexually assaulted Russian model

    Powerful financier dismisses claims as ‘riddled with lies’ and ‘wholesale fiction’

  • Tuesday, 13 April, 2021
    Black attended Apollo meeting days after resignation

    Billionaire left investment group to quell investor dissent over his ties to Jeffrey Epstein

  • Tuesday, 23 March, 2021
    Due Diligence
    Black Monday: Apollo’s founder is out Premium content

    Leon Black’s unexpected early departure is just the start of sweeping changes at the private equity group

  • Monday, 22 March, 2021
    LexApollo Global Management LLC
    Apollo: Black cloud’s silver lining Premium content

    Co-founder’s departure gives successors a new opportunity to invest in the group

  • Monday, 22 March, 2021
    Apollo Global Management LLC
    Leon Black quits leadership positions at Apollo

    Investment firm had previously indicated its co-founder would stay on as chair

  • Tuesday, 2 March, 2021
    Private equity
    Private equity chiefs get bumper payouts on back of Fed stimulus

    Stephen Schwarzman and Leon Black take home nine-figure sums for 2020 — despite faltering economy

  • Saturday, 13 February, 2021
    Apollo Global Management LLC
    Apollo’s reluctant leader steps on to the public stage

    Marc Rowan has kept a lower profile than outgoing CEO Leon Black

  • Wednesday, 3 February, 2021
    Apollo Global Management LLC
    Apollo’s new CEO predicts end to investor ‘pause’ after Epstein report

    Marc Rowan returns from sabbatical, saying break was ‘very bad idea’ in hindsight

  • Wednesday, 3 February, 2021
    Due Diligence
    Epstein: can Apollo investors forgive and forget? Premium content

    Private equity stakeholders display varying reactions to Wall Street law firm Dechert’s investigation

  • Friday, 29 January, 2021
    Person in the News
    Leon Black, a hard-charging financier steps back under pressure

    Apollo founder built a fortune on companies that others left for dead but drew criticism for Jeffrey Epstein ties

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