Matt Breitfelder is partner and global head of human capital at Apollo Global Management, a high-growth alternatives asset management firm. He is a member of the firm’s management committee. In this role, Breitfelder leads Apollo’s talent management; leadership development; diversity, equity and inclusion; learning; performance management; citizenship; compensation; benefits; and recruiting. Before joining Apollo, Breitfelder was managing director and chief talent officer for BlackRock, where he also served as a member of the operating committee. Previously, he held talent and strategy roles at MasterCard, PwC, and CEB/Gartner. 

Breitfelder serves on the advisory board of the Aspen Institute’s Business and Society Program and was an early advisor on the creation of Aspen’s First Movers Social Innovation Fellowship Program. He is a board member of the Lumina Foundation, which is committed to expanding post-secondary educational opportunities for all Americans. He also serves as chair of the AI, Analytics, and Future of Work advisory group at Georgetown University. Breitfelder holds a bachelor’s degree in economics from the University of Southern California, a master’s degree from the London School of Economics, and a master’s of business administration from Harvard Business School.