Michael Arougheti

Background

About Michael Arougheti

Mike 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. Mike is also 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. Prior to joining Ares in 2004, he 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. Mike 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, he worked at Kidder, Peabody & Co, where he was a member of the firm's Mergers and Acquisitions Group. Mike 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 B.A. in Ethics, Politics and Economics, cum laude, from Yale University.