Marc Rowan
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Oct 16, 2026
Ana KasparianHOST
Why is he funding a Republic- an incumbent Republican's Senate campaign? Uh, Blackstone CEO Steven Schwarzman and John Catsimatidis, two billionaires who appeared respectively in call logs and address books in the Epstein files, donated the next most to Moody's fund at $12,000 and $10,000 a pop.
Ana KasparianHOST
Then there's Apollo Global Management CEO Marc Rowan and Ronald Lauder- The billionaire heir to the Estée Lauder companies who appeared in the Epstein files for meetings and joint purchasing agreements with Epstein both chipped in $7,000 each.
Ana KasparianHOST
And these are the guys who, by the way, maintained a relationship with Jeffrey Epstein even after, after he was convicted of soliciting prostitution from minors.
Ana KasparianHOST
Like, "Oh, you were convicted for having sex with minors? Soliciting prostitution from minors? Not a problem.
Rob KendallHOST
If you're Bo Bai and you know corruption's the number one issue, and you can just for an hour keep looking at Max Engeling and go, Diego Morales, Michael Sherfik, dark money.
Rob KendallHOST
Oh, and what's Engeling got to come back with now? Mark Rowan? If I'm Bai and he utters the name Mark Rowan, I'm going to say, I'll give the money back when your campaign daddy, Jim Banks, gives his maxed out contribution for Mark Rowan back.
Rob KendallHOST
How about that, Max? Do you have to call and ask Jim's permission? That would be a disaster for Engling if he doesn't have Shillings and Ballard up there to sort of provide a buffer between him and Bo.
Rob KendallHOST
Look, Ballard had to spend $840,000 to get on the ballot, essentially.
Emma VigelandHOST
The Blackstone CEO, Stephen Schwarzman, John Casamonti, two billionaires who appeared respectively [laughs] in call logs and address books in the Epstein files, donated the next most to Moody's fund at $12,000 and $10,000 a pop.
Emma VigelandHOST
Apollo Global Management CEO Marc Rowan, another billionaire who maintained a relationship with Epstein even after the disgraced financier had been jailed for solicitation of prostitution from a minor, and Ronald Lauder, the billionaire heir to the Estée Lauder companies who appeared in the Epstein files for meetings and joint purchasing agreements with Epstein, both chipped in $7,000.
Emma VigelandHOST
Um, so there you go.
Emma VigelandHOST
Honestly, I was a little bit surprised that I recognize every single name on that donation list.
Kevin BarrowsHOST
In two thousand seventeen, an Israeli firm, Aleph, put in the first institutional check.
Kevin BarrowsHOST
Later that year, Mark Rowan of Apollo Global Management led the Series A, which is the first round of venture capital funding.
Kevin BarrowsHOST
More money followed from education and venture investors.
Kevin BarrowsHOST
Forbes put Javice on the thirty under thirty list.
Randy SchwimmerHOST
Mm-hmm.
Rafay FarooquiGUEST
I think Mark Rowan said this nicely, was like, "Look, if you're not diversified and you had your book concentrated in software-
Randy SchwimmerHOST
Yeah
Rafay FarooquiGUEST
... okay, you've, you've got the result you actually didn't plan for or planned for.
Rob KendallHOST
People just come on my page and start screaming about the other candidates.
Rob KendallHOST
And I said, what does that have to do with what I'm posting? Jim Banks last night, his post was something like, is Bo Bai a Democrat socialist? And I just responded, are you giving the money from Mark Rowan back? Like, there's no...
Rob KendallHOST
not running on anything.
Rob KendallHOST
They don't stand for anything.
Rob KendallHOST
I mean, if we're being direct with each other, and that sucks, but a lot of people just vote out of fear or hatred for the other side.
Rob KendallHOST
I look at this thing that we put out on Sunday, that the England campaign is spending massive money trying to say that Bayh is unqualified to be the Secretary of State because he accepted money from a guy named Mark Rowan.
Rob KendallHOST
And while Mark Rowan is not tied to or has not been investigated for or accused of any illegal activity, he's in the Epstein files.
Rob KendallHOST
He clearly had a business relationship with Jeffrey Epstein.
Rob KendallHOST
Doesn't mean they were best friends.
Rob KendallHOST
It just means there clearly was a business relationship.
Rob KendallHOST
The, of course, hypocrisy of all of this.
Rob KendallHOST
The complete disingenuousness of all of this is that Engling's boss, Jim Banks, took a maxed out donation in both the primary and general election cycles this year from the same Mark Rowan.
Rob KendallHOST
I'm sitting on this stuff, and I kept thinking to myself, it's going to show up in an ad, and when it shows up in an ad, then we're going to tell the world about who also took money from this guy.
Rob KendallHOST
So Mark Rowan is the guy's name.
Rob KendallHOST
Mark Rowan was the founder, and he's the former CEO of a company called Apollo Global Management.
Rob KendallHOST
It's a money company, basically.
Rob KendallHOST
And Evan Bayh worked for Apollo Global Management, I believe, at one point.
Rob KendallHOST
And Mark Rowan is indeed in the Epstein files.
Rob KendallHOST
And he did communicate with Epstein, it appears, quite a bit.
Rob KendallHOST
He did meet with Epstein in person, it appears.
Bill CohanGUEST
Definitely a thankless job.
Bill CohanGUEST
But so I'd known Marc Rowan for, you know, 35, 36 years now and, uh, just sort of watched him, uh, progress from an associate, uh, to the CEO of the firm, and I would, like, run into him on the street.
Bill CohanGUEST
Like, he seemed-- always seeming more and more prosperous, a- and now we, now we know why.
Bill CohanGUEST
And so I'd never met Leon, but, you know, a story that's got Drexel in it and, uh, Credit Lyonnais and executive life and lots of deals and then, uh, you know, Jeffrey Epstein and then affairs and, you know, sort of the rise of private credit and the risk potentially, uh, inherent in private credit, uh, you know, was too great for me to resist.
Bobby CapucciHOST
And there was this big kerfuffle over Leon Black's departure.
Bobby CapucciHOST
That led to Mark Rowan taking over, who was the third partner.
Bobby CapucciHOST
And that iced Josh Harris out.
Bobby CapucciHOST
And that's why Josh Harris ended up leaving Apollo Global.
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