Mr. Arougheti is a Co-Founder, the Chief Executive Officer and a Director of Ares Management Corporation. He is a member of the Ares Operating Committee, the Ares Enterprise Risk Committee and is Co-Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Ares Charitable Foundation. He additionally serves as a Director of Ares Capital Corporation. Prior to joining Ares in 2004, Mr. Arougheti was employed by Royal Bank of Canada ("RBC") from 2001 to 2004, where he was a Managing Partner of the Principal Finance Group of RBC Capital Partners. Earlier in his career, he held roles at Indosuez Capital and Kidder, Peabody & Co. Mr. Arougheti serves on the Board of Directors of Operation HOPE, a not-for-profit organization, and on the Board of Trustees of New York-Presbyterian Hospital. Additionally, he is a co-owner of Major League Baseball's Baltimore Orioles. Mr. Arougheti received a B.A. in Ethics, Politics and Economics, cum laude, from Yale University.