Apollo Opportunity Foundation

Congratulations Anuradha Das Mathur for being recognized as a transformative leader! We are so proud to support her and The Vedica Scholars Programme for Women

A great evening hosting the Girls Who Code Summer Meet Up! 55 GWC women joined colleagues from the Apollo Global Management, Inc. technology team to network and learn with professionals in the field. Thank you for joining: Tarika Barrett, Ph.D., CEO, Girls Who Code, Byron Vielehr, COO, Apollo, Jamey Lamanna, Chief Information Officer, Apollo and Alfia Ilicheva, CEO of Edna Technologies.   The Apollo Opportunity Foundation is proud to partner with organizations at the forefront of technology innovation!

We’re thrilled to welcome Earl Hunt to the National Education Equity Lab’s Board of Trustees. A Partner at Apollo Global Management, Inc., and Chairman and CEO of Apollo Debt Solutions, as well as the Co-Chair of the Apollo Opportunity Foundation Grants Council, Earl brings vast financial experience and expertise as well as a profound passion for our mission to this role. A graduate of Brown University, Earl is a member of the Brown Board of Trustees and its Sports Hall of Fame. Earl, we’re delighted to be able to work with you! Earl Hunt at Ed Equity Lab’s HBCU Presidents’ Dinner, at Carnegie Hall, with CEO Leslie Cornfeld. Learn more at: Edequitylab.org

These students are making change happen! 12 students from Apollo Opportunity Foundation grantees The TEAK Fellowship and Futures and Options spent the week at Apollo offices for “Changemakers Week.” Students had the chance to learn from dozens of Apollo Global Management, Inc. Management colleagues across the firm to gain industry-specific and career-oriented skills. The week concluded in a capstone project focused on a case study on Sun Country Airlines. We look forward to continuing to partner with the next generation to #expandopportunity!

Join us for a special session on advancing economic mobility and shaping the future workforce at the Jobs for the Future (JFF) Horizons Summit. Featuring our Executive Director Lauren Coape-Arnold and the CEOs of our incredible grantee partners Per Scholas, National Education Equity Lab and Braven. We can’t wait! #JFFHorizons   Plinio Ayala, Leslie Cornfeld, Aimée Eubanks Davis

At the Girls Who Invest Summer Intensive Program, Christine Moy (Partner, Strategy), spoke to GWI scholars about AI & Investing, alongside Katie Kim from OpenAI. Together, they covered the potential of this transformative technology within financial services and shared with the GWI Scholars how to use GPT for data analysis.

Leading Responsibly is one of our core values at Apollo Global Management, Inc., with many of our employees supporting the greater community by serving on non-profit boards.   John Cortese, Partner and Head of Trading, serves on the Make-A-Wish Metro New York and Western New York Board of Directors. John is part of a group of Apollo employees who have been supporting and engaged with M-A-W for the past 10+ years. To reflect John and other Apollo colleagues’ dedication to the organization, Apollo was recently honored as a Shining Star at their annual gala.   Click here for important disclosure information on awards: https://lnkd.in/eBvzbmDU

The 2023 Apollo Global Management, Inc. Sustainability Report highlights the Apollo Opportunity Foundation’s impact last year, recapping our investments across 22 grants totaling $5.2 million to #expandopportunity. Check out the full report here: https://lnkd.in/e6sW7BJ5

Exciting news!   Ed Equity Lab received $1 million grant from the Apollo Opportunity Foundation to help propel college and career opportunities for students in low-income communities, to earn college credit from top universities in their high school classrooms!    Together, we are driving economic mobility, expanding career pathways, and creating the next generation of leaders in business and finance. Talent is evenly distributed. Opportunity is not. Ed Equity Lab aims to change that!   Thank you, Apollo!   https://lnkd.in/e-46ixFz #HigherEducation #EducationEquity #Pathways

As students from our AOF grantee Generation Hong Kong prepare for their first job interviews, our Apollo Global Management, Inc. Hong Kong team and Matthew Breitfelder, Global Head of Human Capital, led a series of interview clinics at the Hong Kong office. The series included feedback on CVs and sharing personal career development advice.   Thank you to our volunteers for spending the afternoon preparing students for their first steps from higher education to employment. #expandingopportunity