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Hello everyone and welcome to At Bairns.

My name is Andy Surer.

I'm the editor-at-large.

At Bairns, and this is an interview with Michael Araggeti, who is the CEO of Ares Management.

Mike, great to see you.

Thanks so much joining us.

Thanks for the invite.

So for those of you who aren't familiar with Aries, Mike, why don't you give them an idea

about what the firm is all about?

Sure.

So the firm was founded in 1997.

Today the firm is close to $600 billion of assets under management in what broadly the markets define as alternatives or

said differently private markets investing we have market leading businesses

around the globe in private equity real estate infrastructure private credit

and have really been enjoying a secular growth trend that's happening in private

markets, as well as I think a couple of things that we've done well to capitalize on that trend.

We have about 4,000 employees in 40 offices and 20 countries around the globe, and so I think

that positions us uniquely to have you know, have a lens

into the real economy on a global basis. Yeah, I mean, you could make the argument that your

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