Partner - Apollo Global Management

Vikram Kavthekar is a Partner at Apollo in the Insurance Solutions Group, where he leads portfolio strategy and execution across Apollo and Athene’s M&A, Retail, and Reinsurance platforms, and is responsible for strategic asset allocation, financing activities, and liquidity management for the insurance balance sheets. Since joining Apollo in 2009, he has played a key role in Athene’s growth, with assets under management expanding from approximately $500 million to over $350 billion.

Vikram began his career as an analog circuit design engineer at Intel Corporation, where he worked on designing flash memory chips used in mobile devices.

His technical foundation is rooted in his BS in Electrical Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin and his early education at the Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science (TAMS), a STEM-focused residential high school program. He later earned his MBA from the UCLA Anderson School of Management with a focus on finance and strategy.

Vikram’s passion for STEM education and equity is deeply personal. Having benefited from early access to advanced math and science programs, he is committed to expanding those opportunities for students in underserved communities. He joined the EnCorps board to help empower the next generation of STEM educators and to support a mission that aligns closely with his own journey.