Decades ago, Josh Harris helped co-found Apollo, the investment behemoth currently being run by Marc Rowan. He left that company and founded 26North, a move that was notable because he then turned it into one of the fastest-growing alternative- investment firms in the world.
Essentially, he created a new heavyweight in private credit, private equity, and insurance-adjacent capital. He modernized the playbook he helped write at Apollo and then used it to raise tens of billions, just as companies are turning to private lenders instead of banks. Nice move. But his influence doesn’t stop at finance. Harris is a major force in sports ownership with influence over teams like the Washington Commanders, the Philadelphia 76ers, and (my favorite) the New Jersey Devils. That gives him a cultural reach that few financiers have and also positions 26North favorably, as a crossover shift is underway between sports, media, and private capital.
