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John Zito

Partner, Head of Credit Business & Co-President of Apollo Asset Management Inc., Apollo Global Management

Search every verified John Zito interview, podcast appearance, and on-the-record quote — each transcript cross-checked by AI and human review to confirm speaker identity. At Apollo Global Management’s 2024 Investor Day, John Zito highlighted the firm’s performance since its 2011 listing, stating that its stock had appreciated sevenfold and outperformed the S&P 500 by an average of 1,000 basis points per year. He described Apollo as the largest eligible financial company for inclusion in the S&P 500 and discussed capital formation targets, including $150 billion in cumulative capital raises in the global wealth business and $150 billion per year in total capital formation on average, with $1 billion in ACS revenue targeted by year five. Speaking at the Milken Institute Global Conference in 2026, Zito addressed concerns about private credit, saying that “everyone is acknowledging we will be in a higher-volatility regime, but they are not acknowledging credit is actually the typical safer place to be.” He characterized fears about defaults in private credit as “overblown,” noting that Apollo lends to 5,000 companies and that isolated situations should not prompt broad reactions. Zito also discussed the impact of AI on investing, arguing that the valuation framework for both public and private market investors will need to change, and expressed excitement about investment-grade lending for capital expenditures tied to sovereignty and AI infrastructure. He stated that private assets remain “very under penetrated relative to almost everyone’s retirement in the world.”

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