Mega Edition: Marc Rowan And Leon Black Outmaneuver Josh Harris To Keep Control At Apollo (6/30/26)

The Epstein Chronicles · Jun 30, 2026 · 42m

Josh Harris saw the Epstein revelations around Leon Black as an opening to reshape Apollo’s leadership and, according to reporting and later court allegations, pushed to position himself as the natural successor or power center inside the firm. Black’s Epstein relationship had thrown Apollo into crisis, investors were demanding answers, and the firm needed a clean leadership story. Harris had long been one of Apollo’s three founding figures, but his relationship with Black had deteriorated, and Black later accused him of organizing a behind-the-scenes campaign — even a so-called “war council”…