Director, Co-Founder and CEO at Ares Management

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Michael Arougheti Biography

Michael Arougheti is a co-founder, the Chief Executive Officer and a Director of Ares Management Corporation. He is a member of the Ares Operating Committee, the Ares Enterprise Risk Committee and is on the Board of Directors of the Ares Charitable Foundation. He additionally serves as Executive Vice President and Director of Ares Capital Corporation and Co-Chairman of Ares Acquisition Corporation II. Arougheti also is a member of the Ares Credit Group's Pathfinder Investment Committee, the Ares Equity Income Opportunity Strategy Portfolio Review Committee and the Ares Sports, Media and Entertainment Investment Committee. He may from time to time serve as an officer, director or principal of other entities affiliated with Ares Management or investment funds managed by Ares Management and its affiliates.

Prior to joining Ares in 2004, Arougheti was employed by Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) from 2001 to 2004, where he was a Managing Partner of the Principal Finance Group of RBC Capital Partners and a member of the firm's Mezzanine Investment Committee. He oversaw an investment team that originated, managed and monitored a diverse portfolio of middle-market leveraged loans, senior and junior subordinated debt, preferred equity and common stock and warrants on behalf of RBC and other third-party institutional investors. Arougheti joined RBC in October 2001 from Indosuez Capital, where he was a Principal and an Investment Committee member, responsible for originating, structuring and executing leveraged transactions across a broad range of products and asset classes. Prior to joining Indosuez in 1994, Arougheti worked at Kidder, Peabody & Co., where he was a member of the firm's Mergers and Acquisitions Group.

Arougheti also serves on the board of directors of Operation HOPE, a not-for-profit organization focused on expanding economic opportunity in underserved communities through education and empowerment. Additionally, he is a member of the PATH Organization Leadership Council. He received a BA in Ethics, Politics and Economics, cum laude, from Yale University.

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Speaker profile last updated by AAE Talent Team on 05/29/2025.

Michael Arougheti Videos

Michael Arougheti - Bloomberg Invest

Michael Arougheti - Bloomberg Invest

Michael Arougheti joined Bloomberg’s Sonali Basak for a discussion at the 2024 Bloomberg Invest in New York City. Together they explored Ares’...

Michael Arougheti - CNBC

Michael Arougheti - CNBC

Live from the 2025 Milken Institute Global Conference in Los Angeles.

Michael Arougheti - Bloomberg

Michael Arougheti - Bloomberg

Michael Arougheti on succession planning, business growth and industry consolidation.

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