Chris Edson was named global head of origination at Apollo Global Management, the firm announced in a Sept. 5 news release.
It is a new position. Edson oversees Apollo's approximately $150 billion per year origination business and will focus on further developing the firm's origination business across corporate, sponsor and platform areas globally.
“Origination is a firmwide effort and top priority as we seek to execute on our long-term growth strategy, and we are excited for Chris to take on this new role and build an even more unified, streamlined sourcing engine across the firm,” said Jim Zelter, Apollo co-president, in the news release.
Edson, who is also a partner and member of Apollo's leadership team, has held various roles at Apollo over the past 16 years, including most recently as co-head of the global financial institutions group. A spokesperson said Edson would retain his co-head of FIG role. He also helped to build out Apollo’s 16 origination platforms focused on private credit.
Edson joined Apollo in 2008. Previously, he was a member of the financial institutions investment banking group at Goldman Sachs & Co., according to a biography on Apollo’s website.
Apollo had about $696 billion in assets under management as of June 30. The firm reported $146 billion of debt origination for the 12-month period ended June 30.
