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Apollo Names Bert Crouch Head of Real Estate Equity
NEW YORK, Oct. 21, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Apollo (NYSE: APO) today announced that Bert Crouch has been named Partner and Head of Real Estate Equity at Apollo. Crouch will lead Apollo’s real estate equity business, encompassing Bridge Investment Group (“Bridge”), the real estate equity platform company acquired earlier this year, as well as the firm’s existing strategies. Robert Morse, currently serving as Executive Chairman of Bridge, will transition into a Vice Chairman role at Apollo focused
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