Joseph Azrack

Bio

Mr. Azrack is the Managing Partner of the Real Estate Practice for Apollo Global Management and serves as the President and Chief Executive Officer of Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance, Inc. Prior to joining Apollo, Mr. Azrack was President and CEO of Citi Property Investors where he chaired the firm’s Management Committee and Investment Committees, and provided strategic guidance for investment policy and strategy. Mr. Azrack was also a member of the Citigroup Alternative Investments Management Committee and Investment Committee, and a member of Citi Infrastructure Investments’ Investment Committee. Prior to joining CPI, he was Chief Executive and Chairman of AEW Capital Management, L.P., Founder and President of the AEW Partners Funds, a Director of Curzon Global Partners and Founder and Chairman of IXIS AEW Europ . He is also a trustee of the Urban Land Institute. Mr. Azrack holds an M.B.A. from Columbia University and a B.S. from Villanova University. He is a past adjunct professor at Columbia University’s Graduate School of Business where he is a member of and for many years chaired the Real Estate Program Advisory Board