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Michael Arougheti

Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer at Ares Management

Officer record from the firm’s Form ADVForm ADV filed 26 August 2026

Michael Arougheti is Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Ares Management LLC, a Los Angeles investment adviser.

Role at Ares Management

Title on Schedule A
Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Control
Michael Arougheti is a control person of Ares Management.
Ownership
An individual ownership band is not available in the source record.
Tenure
Michael Arougheti has held the filed role since January 2018.

The firm

Ares Management LLC
Los Angeles, CA

Form ADV filed 26 August 2026

$459B AUM702 clients1,550 advisers26 offices

Career on record

The IAPD individual lookup on 17 October 2026 returned no individual record. This profile uses the firm’s Form ADV officer listing.

Registrations and exams

Individual registration and examination information for Michael Arougheti is unavailable. An officer title or CRD number does not by itself establish current investment adviser representative registration, and no registration or examination counts are inferred.

Officer record

Full name
Michael Arougheti
CRD
2735734
Firm
Ares Management LLC
Record basis
Form ADV officer listing
Firm bio
ares.com

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Background

Michael Arougheti is a co-founder, CEO and director of Ares Management Corporation. Ares says he joined in 2004 and earned a B.A. in ethics, politics and economics from Yale. Official firm biography

Common questions

Where does Michael Arougheti work?

Michael Arougheti has been Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Ares Management LLC since January 2018, and is a control person of the firm.

Source: Form ADV, Schedule A, filed 26 August 2026

Leadership at Ares Management

  • Robert Deveer
    Co-President
  • Blair Jacobson
    Co-President
  • Jarrod PHILLIPS
    Chief Financial Officer
  • Richa Gulati
    Chief Compliance Officer
  • Ryan Berry
    Chief Marketing and Strategy Officer
  • David Kaplan
    Co-Founder
  • Antony Ressler
    Co-Founder and Executive Chairman
  • Bennett Rosenthal
    Co-Founder and Chairman of Private Equity Group
  • Naseem Sagati Aghili
    General Counsel and Corporate Secretary

Sources

  1. IAPD individual lookup, CRD 2735734. This profile uses the Form ADV officer listing; the individual lookup did not provide a current investment-adviser record.
  2. Form ADV Part 1A, Schedules A and B of Ares Management LLC, filed 26 August 2026. Title, control and ownership bands.
  3. Ares Management team page. Biography, education, credentials, awards.

Retrieved 17 October 2026. The SEC record may have been amended since.

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This profile is compiled from public regulatory records and the firm's own published materials, and is provided for informational purposes only. Niva Wealth is not affiliated with Michael Arougheti or Ares Management LLC and makes no representation about the quality of their services. This directory does not report disciplinary history, in either direction.