Apollo CEO Marc Rowan wasn’t vocal about social issues. Then Israel was attacked.
He donated $50 million to its Wharton school in 2018, the largest gift the business school had ever received at the time.
But after Hamas attacked Israel Oct. 7, Rowan, the chief executive of private-equity giant Apollo Global Management, went on television and said he is halting donations to his alma mater over its response to the conflict and antisemitism on campus. He is at the center of an alumni revolt against the school and has called for Penn’s president and the chair of its board of trustees to step down.
