Joshua J Harris

Partner in Leon Black's private equity outfit, Apollo Global Management. U. of Pennsylvania grad attended Harvard Business School. Stint in M&A at now defunct junk bond purveyor Drexel Burnham Lambert. Created Apollo with Black 1990. Firm's first 2 funds returned 37% a year. Serves on Corporate Affairs Committee at Council of Foreign Relations, WhartonMs Undergraduate Executive Board. Harris, who graduated from HBS in 1990, is the co-founder of Apollo Global Management, Harris Blitzer Sports & Entertainment, and Harris Philanthropies. He is also a managing partner of the Philadelphia 76ers and general partner of the Crystal Palace Football Club. Both Harris and his wife serve on the HBS Board of Dean Advisors. He and his wife Marjorie recently made a $5 million gift to HBS to fund a Harris Family Fund for Sports Management and Alternative Investments, expanding upon a previous donation from Harris in 2015, which established the Josh Harris Endowment for Sports Management,