Ares Management

Ares Management focuses on Credit, Buyout, Real Estate, Infrastructure, Secondaries strategies. Ares Management is a global alternative investment manager operating integrated groups across credit, private equity, real assets, and secondaries. The firm is one of the largest credit-focused altern

Ares Management manages $428B in assets under management, making it one of the largest alternative asset managers globally. The firm was founded in 1997 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, CA. We track 156 deals associated with Ares Management.

Key leadership at Ares Management includes Michael Arougheti, Tony Ressler, David Kaplan. The firm has been operating since 1997, giving the team 29+ years of institutional expertise.

Ares Management primarily serves institutional investors (pension funds, endowments, sovereign wealth funds) and qualified purchasers. Individual investors may gain indirect exposure through secondary market platforms that occasionally list LP interests, or through listed vehicles and publicly traded shares if available. See our platforms directory for secondary market access.

With $428B AUM and 156 tracked deals, Ares Management is positioned as a major large-cap firm in private equity. The firm differentiates through its focus on Credit and Buyout strategies. Visit our rankings page for comprehensive firm comparisons.

Some of the largest PE firms are publicly traded (e.g., Blackstone on NYSE, KKR, Apollo). Check Ares Management's current listing status on their official website at https://www.aresmgmt.com. Public PE firms provide additional transparency through SEC filings.

Ares Management has completed 156 tracked deals since its founding in 1997. The firm manages $428B across 5 strategies. Historical fund returns are typically available to LPs and prospective investors under NDA. Third-party benchmarking services like Cambridge Associates and Preqin track PE fund performance.

With $428B in total AUM across 5 strategies, Ares Management's individual fund sizes vary by strategy. Mega-cap firms of this size typically raise flagship funds of $10B+.

Ares Management is headquartered in Los Angeles, CA. Firms of this scale typically maintain offices across major financial centers globally, including New York, London, Hong Kong, and Singapore.