Ares Management ARES

Ares Management is the 271st largest S&P 500 company by market cap, worth $40.3 billion. It joined the S&P 500 in the week of 12 Dec 2025. 10 directors have filed with the SEC in the last 12 months (who counts), 4 of them executives. 3 other officers are on file. At 30 Jun 2026, Vanguard was its largest institutional holder, with 8.2% of the company.

CEO
Michael J. Arougheti
Sector
Financials
Sub-industry
Asset Management & Custody Banks
Headquarters
Los Angeles, California
Founded
1977
Market cap
$40.3B
271st largest, 23 Oct 2026 close
Revenue
$4.8B
Fiscal year 2025
Price to sales
8.5
Market cap over revenue
Employees
4,250
10-K, 31 Dec 2025
Market cap per employee
$9.5M
Market cap over employees
Connections
0
S&P 500 companies sharing a director or officer

Largest institutional holders

Each fund group's share of Ares Management. Where a company has several share classes, the share is of its total value.

13F filings for the quarter to 30 Jun 2026

These five hold 25.1% of Ares Management.

Board and officers

Roles filed up to 30 Sep 2026

NameTitle
Directors (10)
Michael J. AroughetiCo-Founder and CEOCo-Founder and CEO
Ashish BhutaniDirectorDirector
Antoinette Cook BushDirectorDirector
R. Kipp deVeerCo-PresidentCo-President
Paul G. JoubertDirectorDirector
David B. KaplanCo-FounderLast filed 18 Dec 2025Co-Founder
Michael LyntonDirectorDirector
Eileen NaughtonDirectorDirector
Judy D. OlianDirectorDirector
Bennett RosenthalCo-Founder & Chairman of PEGLast filed 18 Dec 2025Co-Founder & Chairman of PEG
Officers (3)
Jarrod PhillipsChief Financial OfficerLast filed 2 Jul 2026Chief Financial Officer
Blair JacobsonCo-PresidentLast filed 21 Aug 2026Co-President
Aghili Naseem SagatiGeneral CounselLast filed 6 Feb 2026General Counsel

Ares Management's market cap since May 2014

Marked weeks are changes in the share count, such as a merger, not market moves.

Weekly, up to 23 Oct 2026

Show equal percentage changes as equal steps.
201620182020202220242026$40.3B

Workforce

Headcount at 31 Dec 2025

Employees
4,250
As of December 31, 2025, we had over 4,250 employees, comprised of over 1,650 professionals in our investment groups and over 2,550 operations management professionals, located in over 55 offices in more than 25 countries.
Ares Management Form 10-K

Insider trades

Open-market buys and sales by directors and officers. Grants, option exercises and shares withheld for tax are left out.

Trades from 30 Sep 2025 to 30 Sep 2026

Directors and officers sold $94.8 million of stock in 8 sales and bought $1.3 million in 2 purchases in the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026.

DatePersonTitleTypeSharesValue
20 Feb 2026BuyJudy D. OlianDirectorDirectorBuy480$60K
6 Feb 2026BuyAshish BhutaniDirectorDirectorBuy10,000$1.3M
4 Feb 2026SaleAghili Naseem SagatiGeneral CounselGeneral CounselSale3,921$529K
22 Jan 2026SaleAghili Naseem SagatiGeneral CounselGeneral CounselSale1,849$299K
1 Dec 2025SaleMichael J. AroughetiCo-Founder and CEOCo-Founder and CEOSale56,257$8.8M
28 Nov 2025SaleMichael J. AroughetiCo-Founder and CEOCo-Founder and CEOSale98,673$15M
26 Nov 2025SaleMichael J. AroughetiCo-Founder and CEOCo-Founder and CEOSale136,067$21M
25 Nov 2025SaleMichael J. AroughetiCo-Founder and CEOCo-Founder and CEOSale186,197$28M
24 Nov 2025SaleMichael J. AroughetiCo-Founder and CEOCo-Founder and CEOSale112,806$17M
1 Oct 2025SaleAghili Naseem SagatiGeneral CounselGeneral CounselSale21,000$3.3M

Trades by members of Congress and officials

Trades members of Congress and senior executive branch officials disclosed, including their families'. Amounts are filed as ranges.

Trades from 20 Oct 2023 to 20 Oct 2026

7 people disclosed 11 purchases and 7 sales of Ares Management stock since October 2023.

DateMember or officialTypeAmount
17 Jul 2026Donald J Trump (President)President 路 BoughtPurchase$1,001 to $15,000$1K to $15K
7 Jul 2026Rohit Khanna (House, D-CA)House, D-CA 路 BoughtPurchase$1,001 to $15,000$1K to $15K
15 Jun 2026Donald J Trump (President)President 路 BoughtPurchase$15,001 to $50,000$15K to $50K
13 Apr 2026Rohit Khanna (House, D-CA)House, D-CA 路 BoughtPurchase$1,001 to $15,000$1K to $15K
17 Mar 2026Donald J Trump (President)President 路 BoughtPurchase$1,001 to $15,000$1K to $15K
13 Mar 2026John Boozman (Senate, R-AR)Senate, R-AR 路 BoughtPurchase$1,001 to $15,000$1K to $15K
24 Feb 2026Rohit Khanna (House, D-CA)House, D-CA 路 SoldSale$1,001 to $15,000$1K to $15K
29 Jan 2026Rohit Khanna (House, D-CA)House, D-CA 路 BoughtPurchase$1,001 to $15,000$1K to $15K
23 Jan 2026Donald J Trump (President)President 路 SoldSale$1,001 to $15,000$1K to $15K
23 Jan 2026Rohit Khanna (House, D-CA)House, D-CA 路 BoughtPurchase$1,001 to $15,000$1K to $15K

Showing 10 of 18 trades

Not on file: no director or officer shared with another S&P 500 company and no WARN layoff notices under its own name since October 2023.