Marc Rowan helped force the resignation earlier this month of Liz Magill, president of the University of Pennsylvania, over her response to antisemitism on campus. Now the chief executive of Apollo Global Management is stoking a fierce debate about how the institution itself is governed.
“Trustees, including myself, failed to do our job. We, like Faculty, have distinct responsibilities and have simply abdicated those responsibilities for the last two decades,” he wrote to members of Penn’s board last week, attaching a list of questions about their future role.
A graduate of the university, Rowan has queried how Penn’s trustees are selected and operate, and whether they should have greater powers over students and faculty.