Talk:Marc Rowan

Forcing out president Elizabeth Magill at Penn

According to this NYT story, Rowan was the leader of a group of Penn alumni and donors who forced Magill out of the presidency at Penn. One of the issues was allowing a Palestinian literary conference to meet at Penn.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/11/us/upenn-president-liz-magill-antisemitism.html

Inside the Chaotic Struggle for Power at Penn

For months, donors waged a campaign against the president and the chairman of the board. After the hearings on antisemitism, a dissident group of trustees had seen enough.

By Stephanie Saul, Alan Blinder, Maureen Farrell and Anemona Hartocollis

New York Times

Dec. 11, 2023

Nbauman (talk) 00:07, 12 December 2023 (UTC)

Updates to the article

Hello, I am suggesting edits to improve the article.

I have written a more detailed and accurate account of the events described in the second paragraph of the Personal section. I hope someone will add this to the page, as I have a conflict of interest:

In September 2023, Rowan and more than 4,000 other trustees and alumni of the University of Pennsylvania signed an open letter voicing concern over the rising antisemitism on campus. Following the University’s response to the October 7th attack on Israel and inaction against antisemitism on campus, Rowan called for the resignation of then-University President Liz Magill and then-Chair of the Board of Trustees Scott Bok. He stated that he was stopping his donation to the university and urged donors to do so until leadership resigned.

In addition, please remove the following clause from the Career section, which is irrelevant to Rowan and does not belong on this page, per WP:COATRACK. (The topic is already covered – appropriately – at Apollo Global Management.):

...after Black stepped down from the role after it was discovered he had paid convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein $158 million between 2012 and 2017 for what Black claimed was advice on tax and estate planning.

The sentence should only say: He was promoted as CEO in July 2021.

References

Thank you for your assistance, Chamanch123 (talk) 11:31, 20 March 2024 (UTC)

I have reviewed your edits and agree with the comment on Black made some of the changes. Regrading the Liz Magill affair I have incorporated some of your suggestions, but I feel the previous wording has more clarity in some respects. Sargdub (talk) 02:32, 21 March 2024 (UTC)

Update to board activity and removal of "private equity"

Hello, I appreciate the work that has been done on the article so far, and I have 2 further edits to request at this time.

In the Personal life section, the article states that Rowan is on the board of trustees of the University of Pennsylvania. He is not on this board, as can be seen in this source: .

Please remove that clause from the sentence. The sentence should only say: Rowan is Chair of the Board of Advisors of the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania.

In addition, please remove the words 'private equity' from the Lead and the Career section. Rowan's firm, Apollo Global Management is an asset management firm and does not exclusively specialize in private equity, as can be seen in these sources:

The lead should say: Marc Jeffrey Rowan (born August 19, 1962) is an American billionaire investor. The Career section should say: In 1990, Rowan co-founded the asset management firm Apollo Global Management with former Drexel colleagues Leon Black and Josh Harris.

References

Thanks for your help Chamanch123 (talk) 12:45, 21 March 2024 (UTC)

 Done: Edits appear to have been completed in full by StephenCrane777

involvement in Trump's "compact"

NYT source here: . Nomoskedasticity (talk) 14:52, 4 October 2025 (UTC)

Relationship with Jeffrey Epstein section

Hi, I see that a new section was added to this page, and I'm requesting it be removed because of WP:UNDUE. Please move the sentence to the Career section and rewrite as follows:

The release of the Epstein files revealed that Rowan exchanged emails with Epstein between 2013-2016. Rowan has not been accused of any wrongdoing.

References

Thank you. Chamanch123 (talk) 13:50, 19 February 2026 (UTC)

Note per this editor's user page: "This user, in accordance with the Wikimedia Foundation's Terms of Use, discloses that they have been paid by Apollo Global Management for their contributions to Wikipedia." IOHANNVSVERVS (talk) 18:46, 4 March 2026 (UTC)

I doubt having an entire section titled "Relationship with Jeffrey Epstein" is appropriate/due, but there is also this article/information about Epstein which should be considered for inclusion in this article: https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/boards-policy-regulation/apollo-leon-black-sued-allegedly-concealing-epstein-business-ties-shareholders-2026-03-03/: "Shareholders sued Apollo Global Management and ​its billionaire co-founders Leon Black and Marc Rowan on Monday in a proposed class action for ‌allegedly defrauding them for nearly five years about the private capital firm's business dealings with disgraced sex offender and financier Jeffrey Epstein." IOHANNVSVERVS (talk) 18:54, 4 March 2026 (UTC)

I should probably disclose that I'm coming here from a reddit post about this: https://www.reddit.com/r/wikipedia/s/lsBiIjKVlr. IOHANNVSVERVS (talk) 18:55, 4 March 2026 (UTC)

So a Employee of the person this article is about is trying to move it? Did i get this correctly? Oliklixer (talk) 18:59, 4 March 2026 (UTC)

Yes, I believe so; which is why they are requesting the edit be made rather than making it themselves. I believe this is being done consistent with Wikipedia policies WP:COI and WP:PAID. IOHANNVSVERVS (talk) 19:02, 4 March 2026 (UTC)

Fair Point! Oliklixer (talk) 21:48, 4 March 2026 (UTC)

I deleted the section and moved the sentence into Politics. I did not add "Rowan has not been accused of any wrongdoing." as requested since I haven't read the article cited but that seems like it wouldn't be unreasonable to add. IOHANNVSVERVS (talk) 18:59, 4 March 2026 (UTC)

I agree with Cortador's comment below that Rowan has in fact been accused of wrong-doing with regards to his Epstein connections, at least to some extent. Though the Daily Pennsylvanian source does say "Rowan has not been accused of involvement in Epstein’s crimes or wrongdoing." IOHANNVSVERVS (talk) 21:44, 4 March 2026 (UTC)

Agree Oliklixer (talk) 21:48, 4 March 2026 (UTC)

The article from The Daily Pennsylvanian is from early February i.e. the time when Apollo still denied that Rowan had any relationship with Epstein, and predates the lawsuit. Even then, this single source is superseded by all the sources, and I assume that the TDP (like other outlets) did at least in part write this because they don't want to be seen as having suggested that a person they are writing about was involved in the crimes Epstein was convicted of, like sex tariffing. Cortador (talk) 22:12, 4 March 2026 (UTC)

Rowan has been accused of wrongdoing:

How Wall Street’s Apollo got tangled up again in the Epstein files

Apollo, Leon Black sued for allegedly concealing Epstein business ties from shareholders

Apollo’s Rowan Says Epstein ‘Wasting My Time’ From the Grave Cortador (talk) 21:19, 4 March 2026 (UTC)