Page updated April 25, 2012.

Leon D. Black

Business executive

Muckety metrics:

Connections: Leon D. Black has direct or once-removed relationships with 928 people, organizations or other entities in our database of the most influential people in America. Under a scoring system that gives more weight to direct links, this score is higher than 99% of all entries.

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Muckety connection score: 99

Influence: Black has a Muckety influence index of 99 out of 100. This is a measure of power and reach compared with others in the U.S. leadership elite.

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Muckety influence score: 99

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Leon D. Black

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Gender: Male

Age in 2012: 60

Address: Lives and/or works in New York, NY

Wealth class: Billionaire

Areas of interest:

nonprofits

education

business

aircraft

equipmental rental

health care

media

movie theaters

waste management

Personal social network: Much of Black's Muckety comes from investment and nonprofit connections. He has direct links to three Fortune 1000 companies.

Art: Leon and Debra Black were named to the ARTnews list of 200 top collectors in 2011.

Financial information:

As an officer, director and/or owner of publicly traded securities, Leon D. Black has filed documents with the Securities and Exchange Commission. >> See filings

Leon D. Black personal relations:

Debra R. Black - spouse

Other current Leon D. Black relationships:

Apollo Advisors L.P. - founder

Apollo Global Management LLC - chairman & CEO

Apollo Management, LP - co-founder

AREA Property Partners - founder

Dartmouth College - charter trustee

Gagosian Gallery - client

Hamlet Holdings, LLC - member

Jewish Museum - trustee

Lion Advisors L.P. - founder

Metropolitan Museum of Art - trustee

Mount Sinai Medical Center (New York) - trustee

Museum of Modern Art - vice chairman

SIRIUS XM Radio Inc. - director

Wyndham International Inc. - director

Leon D. Black past relationships:

Allied Waste Industries Inc. - director

AMC Entertainment Inc. - director

Asia Society - trustee

Drexel, Burnham, Lambert, Inc. - managing director

Ethical Culture Fieldston School - graduate

Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts - trustee

Sequa Corporation - director

Sirius Satellite Radio Inc. - director

Spence School - trustee

United Rentals, Inc. - director

Five degrees of Kevin:

We can connect Leon D. Black with Kevin Bacon in five steps:
Leon D. Black → Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts →
  Harvey Golub → American Express Company →
    Just Ask the Locals →

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Indirect links:

Leon D. Black has multiple indirect connections to the following people:

Joshua J. Harris

Marc J. Rowan

Extended reach:

Among the most influential people in Leon D. Black's web of second-degree relationships:

Russell L. Carson

Diana L. Taylor

Jeffrey R. Immelt

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Leon D. Black campaign contributions:

Listed below are federal donations of $3,000+ reported to the FEC.

National Republican Senatorial Committee - $30,400 on 10/19/2010

America's Leadership PAC - $5,000 on 4/16/2009

Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee - $28,500 on 8/8/2007

Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee - $17,000 on 3/31/2008

National Republican Senatorial Committee - $10,000 on 10/31/2007

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