Antony Ressler

Antony P. Ressler (born October 12, 1960) is an American businessman. He co-founded the private equity firms Apollo Global Management in 1990, and Ares Management in 1997. Ressler is also owner of the Atlanta Hawks basketball team, acquiring them in 2015. He is married to actress Jami Gertz. His net worth was estimated at $10.5 billion in 2026.

Biography Ressler was born in Washington D.C. on October 12, 1960, to a Jewish family, one of five children of Dorothy and Ira Ressler. His father was an attorney and World War II veteran. After graduating, he worked at Drexel Burnham Lambert, eventually reaching senior vice president in the high yield bond department with responsibility for the new issue/syndicate desk. In 1997, he co-founded Ares Management with former Apollo Global Management co-worker John H. Kissick and Bennett Rosenthal, who joined the group from the global leveraged finance group at Merrill Lynch.

Ressler is a member of the executive committee of the board of directors of the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center; finance chair and member of the executive committee of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art; a board member of Campbell Hall Episcopal School in Studio City, California; and one of the founding members of the board and finance chair of the Painted Turtle Camp, an organization that takes children with chronic and life-threatening illnesses on camping trips. Ressler is a supporter of military veterans through the work of The Greatest Generations Foundation.

In June 2015, he led a group that acquired the NBA's Atlanta Hawks basketball team for US$730 million. It was ultimately sold to him for $850 million. Minority investors included Grant Hill, Sara Blakely, Jesse Itzler, Steven Price, and Rick Schnall.

Personal life On June 16, 1989, he married actress Jami Gertz. They live in Los Angeles, They are members of the Wilshire Boulevard Temple. His brother, Richard Ressler, is a principal and founder of CIM Investment management.