Roger Orf joined Apollo Global Management in November 2010 and is a Partner and Vice-Chairman of Apollo’s Principal Finance and Real Estate business segment. His focus is on transaction development for both real estate equity and debt, outreach to operating partners, key limited partner relations, and general ambassadorial responsibilities across the platform.

Roger serves on the Investment Committees of the Apollo North American Real Estate and European Principal Finance funds. Previously, he was responsible for Citigroup’s global real estate investment activities.

He has spent the majority of his career investing in European real estate markets since arriving in the UK in 1991 while working for Goldman Sachs. Following his retirement from Goldman Sachs, Roger embarked on an entrepreneurial path, most notably founding E-Shelter GmbH, a Germany-based data centre business which he and his partners sold to NTT for €1.1 billion. He has been a member of the Chicago Booth Council since 2015 and has previously served on the boards of Atrium European Real Estate, the Urban Land Institute, Regus PLC, and the Ambassador Theatre Group.

Roger earned his bachelor’s degree magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, from Georgetown University and holds both a JD and an MBA from the University of Chicago.