$2.7 billion
up 35%
Rosenthal’s wealth stems primarily from his involvement with Ares Management Corp. and his role as lead managing owner and director of the Los Angeles Football Club, which is valued at close to $1.3 billion. Since he made his Wealthiest Angelenos debut last year, Ares stock increased about 13% in about a year, while LAFC’s valuation increased by nearly 7%. At 61, Rosenthal is among Ares’ co-founders and currently serves as director and partner of Ares Management Corp. and chairman of Ares Private Equity Group. He is also a member of the group’s corporate opportunities, energy opportunities and extended value investment committees. His involvement with the Ares Credit Group spans its Opportunistic Credit Investment Committee and the Ares Sports, Media and Entertainment Investment Committee. After being a co-managing owner of LAFC – the highest valued team in Major League Soccer – Rosenthal became the lead owner in 2023. Aside from these ventures, Rosenthal is on the following boards: CHG Healthcare Holdings L.P., Duly Health and Care, LaserAway, Press Ganey Associates, Inc., TricorBraun, Unified Women’s Healthcare and the Youth Renewal Fund. Earlier in his career, Rosenthal was a managing director in Merrill Lynch & Co.’s Global Leveraged Finance Group. Education: He received his bachelor’s degree in economics and M.B.A at the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School of Business, where he now chairs the graduate executive board.
