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Ariel Alternatives
Financial Services
New York , NY 2,803 followers
Ariel Alternatives, LLC is a private asset management firm affiliated with Ariel Investments, LLC.
About us
Ariel Alternatives, LLC is a private asset management firm affiliated with Ariel Investments, LLC. Ariel Alternatives is an enterprise newly conceived for the times and built on a four decade-old foundation. The firm's first initiative, Project Black, is on a mission to scale sustainable, middle-market, minority-owned businesses and fuel Fortune 500 vendor diversity. Co-Founders Leslie Brun and Mellody Hobson share a desire to make a positive impact by investing in the world they want to see. Every individual on the team - at all levels - plays a role that is critical to our firm’s success. We seek subject matter experts who are unapologetically themselves. We encourage our teammates to reach their full potential and give them the runway, support, and resources to succeed. Ariel celebrates diversity and practices inclusion as a way to get work done – it’s in our DNA. As an equal opportunity employer, our employment decisions are based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, ancestry, marital status, parental status, mental or physical disability, military or veteran status, or any other basis protected by federal, state, or local law. Ariel is committed to recruiting and retaining talented applicants, and to providing all employees with a workplace free from discrimination and/or harassment.
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- Financial Services
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- 11-50 employees
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- New York , NY
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- Privately Held
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New York , NY, US
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Today, we released our second Black Corporate Directors Study. Each year, we survey the Black, Latino and Latina corporate directors that attend our annual conference about the current state of civil rights in the boardroom. This year produced some staggering data, revealing a deep divide on the topic of DEI between leaders and the average American worker. Swipe through for our key findings, and read the press release and full results here: • Press release: https://lnkd.in/gBMcAuSJ • Key findings: https://lnkd.in/gmQQ_mWa Thank you to our Founding Sponsor Russell Reynolds Associates and Premier Sponsor Deloitte for 22 years of partnership on the Black Corporate Directors Conference! #ShareAriel
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This #BlackBusinessMonth, we’d like to spotlight a key tenet of our values here at Ariel: business diversity. In an interview with Asutosh Padhi of McKinsey & Company, our Founder and Co-CEO John W. Rogers, Jr. advocates for moving away from the term “supplier diversity” to encourage more procurement spend with minority-owned professional services firms in high-growth sectors, where wealth is ultimately created. Read the full Q&A here: https://lnkd.in/ePcuXsEu Fun Fact: John also proudly serves on the U.S. Small Business Administration's Council of Underserved Communities, which focuses on populations that traditionally have faced barriers in accessing credit, capital and the other tools they need to start and grow businesses. Learn more about the council here: https://lnkd.in/dXGwF_Ag #ShareAriel
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As our summer internship program comes to an end, we want to take a moment to highlight some of our interns’ experiences over the past three months. Here they are in our Chicago headquarters with Co-CEO and President Mellody Hobson and at lunch and an outing with Founder and Co-CEO John W. Rogers, Jr. We’ve been proud watching our interns live and breathe our values of Bold Teamwork and Independent Thinking. Thank you, class of 2024! Please stay in touch. We hope that you’ll continue to #ShareAriel with all of your communities.
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As #DisabilityPrideMonth comes to a close, we are pleased to share that #ProjectBlack portfolio company Sorenson Communications has been recognized as a top-scoring company on the Disability:IN 2024 Disability Equality Index for the second year in a row! CEO Jorge Rodriguez shared, “This award recognizes our leadership in employee engagement, inclusion policies, and our work to engender a rich, diverse, and inclusive corporate culture. This work is an ongoing effort, and is at the heart of our mission of accessibility." Read more about the recognition here: https://lnkd.in/dmgs5_YT #ShareAriel
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Yue Bonnet, our Senior Managing Director and Head of Investments, took the stage at this year’s Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Summer Compass Conference in Hyannis Port, MA. Joined by co-panelists Bharath Srikrishnan of BharCap Partners, Aaron Maeng of American Securities and Aron Betru of Trident, Yue participated in a conversation around private equity value creation, the edge that DEI can bring to the industry and how portfolio companies like Sorenson Communications are utilizing AI. Many thanks to Alexander Abell of RCP Advisors for moderating! #ShareAriel
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Ariel Alternatives Managing Director Lorenna Buck, PhD spoke at this year’s Fortune Future of Finance conference in New York City, sharing #ProjectBlack’s investment thesis with the audience. Many thanks to co-panelists Roy Swan of the Ford Foundation and Ron Homer of RBC Global Asset Management, and Fortune Executive Editor Lee Clifford for moderating the discussion. #ShareAriel
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As the appetite to invest in AI continues to rise, many CFOs are looking for ways to communicate its value to board members. Mark Hawkins, Ariel Alternatives board member and former CFO of Salesforce, shared with Fortune’s Sheryl Estrada that first, you must “clearly and unambiguously define the use case. “The less difficult it is to understand, the more credible the opportunity.” We’re grateful to benefit from Mark’s expertise on an ongoing basis. Read the entire interview here: https://lnkd.in/gwhm-4wG #ShareAriel
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On #BlackWomensEqualPayDay, we are reminded of 2022 census data showing that full-time working Black women are paid 69 cents for every dollar paid to non-Hispanic white men. Today, we are spotlighting an Ariel philanthropic partner that is committed to addressing this inequity: The Highland Project. Envisioning a world where Black women can imagine, design, build and sustain structural change, this organization provides emotional and financial support to Black female leaders across the country, working towards an equitable society where Black communities can thrive. Learn more about the organization here: https://lnkd.in/dZmCf56 #ShareAriel 📸: Getty Images
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Summer intern season has begun, and we’re excited to welcome the incredible students that have chosen to become our teammates! In addition to getting hands-on experience with outstanding teammates and mentors at Ariel, our interns will enjoy lunch conversations with our CEOs and other Ariel executives, network with interns from world-class organizations, sit in on investment committee meetings, and enjoy some sports and music entertainment. We look forward to seeing all that they will accomplish, learn, and teach us. #ShareAriel