Leon Black
United States
trustee
business
Leon David Black is an American private equity investor. He is the former CEO of Apollo Global Management, which he co-founded in 1990 with Marc Rowan and Josh Harris. Black was the chairman of the Museum of Modern Art from 2018 to 2021. Black resigned from both Apollo Global Management and the Museum of Modern Art in the wake of revelations about his business ties to the New York financier, Jeffrey Epstein.
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Sep 16, 2026
Lean Left
A House panel recommended holding the billionaire investor in contempt for defying subpoenas in the Epstein probe and refusing to produce nondisclosure agreements.
The left sees this as a rare moment of accountability for the wealthy networks that enabled Epstein, and it keeps pressure on the broader Epstein cover-up.
Sep 16, 2026
Far Left
The House Epstein panel voted to recommend holding Black in contempt for defying subpoenas tied to women in Epstein's orbit.
The far left views Black as the ultimate example of billionaire impunity, and the contempt recommendation as a rare, if limited, moment of accountability for the ruling class's sexual and financial crimes.
Aug 19, 2026
Far Left
The House Epstein panel chairman threatens Black with contempt for failing to appear or provide subpoenaed NDAs.
Black is a billionaire financier with deep establishment ties; the left is skeptical of any congressional probe that merely scapegoats one rich man while protecting the system that enabled Epstein.
Jul 19, 2026
Center
Former Apollo CEO told Congress he paid $21 million to a woman to keep an affair secret, during a House Oversight Committee interview.
Pragmatists view this as a business ethics and legal liability case, highlighting how elite financial figures manage reputational risk under congressional scrutiny.