Mr. Margolies is the Head of the Ares Capital Markets Group and sits on the Executive Committee of Ares Management. Mr. Margolies joined Ares in 2009 from Merrill Lynch & Co. where he served as a Managing Director and the Global Head of Leveraged Finance and Capital Commitments. In addition he was a member of the Executive Committee for Merrill Lynch's Global Investment Banking group. Prior to joining Merrill Lynch, Mr. Margolies was the Co-Head of the DB Capital Mezzanine Fund.

Mr. Margolies serves on the Board of Directors for the International Organization for Women & Development and on the Advisory Council for University of Michigan's Life Science Institute.

Mr. Margolies graduated with a BA in International Economics and Finance from the University of Michigan and received his MBA from the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School of Business.