$ARES

Michael Arougheti

Ares Management

Co-founder, President & CEO • Since 2018 • Financials

📊 CEO Reputation Score

FY2025 vs FY2024 · Source: SEC EDGAR filings

62/100

Based on profit (net income) improvement only — this company does not report the operating cash flow and capital-spending figures needed for a free-cash-flow number (common for banks and insurers).

Profit (net income): $464M → $527M (+13.7% YoY) — fiscal 2025 vs fiscal 2024

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Overview

Michael Arougheti is the co-founder, president & ceo of Ares Management since 2018. Ares Management is a Financials company headquartered in Los Angeles, California, founded in 1977, and one of the 500 companies in the S&P 500 — every one of which is profiled on this site.

Leadership

Michael holds the chief executive role at Ares Management with the title Co-founder, President & CEO — in post since 2018. This page is the concise leadership record for Ares Management in the S&P 500 CEO index; the site's fully researched long-form profiles (career timelines, education, achievements, setbacks, philosophy and sourced quotes) currently cover the index's ten largest companies, and this entry will be expanded in the same format. Michael Arougheti is a founder of the company — a distinction shared by only a minority of the chief executives in this index.

At a Glance

Sector: Financials
Ticker: $ARES
Headquarters: Los Angeles, California
Founded: 1977
CEO since: 2018
Index: S&P 500 (#44 of 500)