James Zelter is managing partner at Apollo Capital Management as well as CEO and director of Apollo Investment Corp. Zelter has substantial experience in global credit markets and has overseen the broad expansion of the Apollo credit markets platform. Prior to joining Apollo in 2006, Zelter was with Citigroup Inc. and its predecessor companies. Earlier, he was chief investment officer of Citigroup Alternative Investments, and prior to that he was responsible for the firm's global high-yield and leveraged-finance franchise. Before joining Citigroup, Zelter was a high-yield trader at Goldman Sachs. He is a board member of DUMAC, the investment management company that oversees the Duke University endowment and Duke Foundation. In addition, he is on the board of the Dalton School in New York City. Zelter earned an economics degree from Duke University.