Apollo CEO Marc Rowan on UPenn op-ed: We are at Penn a bastion of 'preferred' speech
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- Apollo Global Management CEO Marc Rowan joins 'Squawk Box' to discuss his decision to write an op-ed to UPenn's student newspaper criticizing university president Elizabeth Magill and board of trustees chair Scott Bok over a Palestinian literary festival held last month, fighting antisemitism on college campuses, rising tensions following the Israel-Hamas war, the double standard in the exercise of free speech, and more. For access to live and exclusive video from CNBC subscribe to CNBC PRO: cnb.cx/2NGeIvi
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The environment on college campuses recently has become truly deranged. I hope this shines a light on the profound ethical failure and hypocrisy happening on campuses today, and has been targeting decent people for years. The behavior of students and faculty is becoming blatantly unacceptable, and I think everyone is noticing it now.
What's worse saying something unethical, or committing a war crime?
It is the left in general that has been radicalized to the point of being evil, on all manner of subjects.
It’s the hypocrisy for me. College campuses have consistently silenced anyone to the right of Hillary Clinton and branded them a fascist. Taken overtly political stances. But when someone attacks their lack of taking a moral stance on this issue like they have many others they coat themselves in the veneer of free speech, of which they themselves despise.
Unfortunately a lot that is tyranny country sponsored. Look at funding. When China's daughter attends Harvard, you have to know what may be happening there. 3rd party oversight needs to happen.I am not for censorship to be candid. I want to see these people. And until we hold social media accountable for fake accounts that ran into the millions spreading that hate at scale, we are screwed. I agree with him in that this is at the leadership level. And that leadership is not providing moral guidance. If a CEO said.. hey I want LGBT to be executed, we would rightfully remove them.
@@joeyjoejoe314what worse cheering for a terrorist group that killed fellow citizens and holding some hostage or at best stay silent and have political discussions at a later time?
I worked at Apollo Global Management for 6 years. Although my interactions with Marc Rowan were fairly minimal, he always struck me as a stand up guy. Support him fully on this matter.
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Ricky Mommy's getting tired of you living in the basement. 🙏😊🙏
I bet they support DEI.
Take your money somewhere else
If you're in the know, what happened at this festival? They provide no info on what the issue is. The Harvard issue is bogus because all the groups on the Harvard letter are Islamic and they're acting like it's all of Harvard
Thank you, Mr Rowan. I admire your bravery to speak the truth. Our morals give us strength.
Marc Rowan gave Jeffrey Epstein $158 million for "advice", so yeah, a real class act representing your community.
Speaking in favor of Israel in the United States doesn't typically require courage, as it represents the prevailing perspective. It is those in the minority who speak up on this particular issue that often demonstrate real bravery.
Thank you to him for standing firm. UPenn is an embarrassment and entirely foul. There is zero justification for equivocation on this issue.
Interestingly enough Penn has had two Jewish presidents in recent years:Amy Gutman and Judith Rodin.
So in your opinion anyone who supports the people of Palestine are anti-Semitic? You sound like all the other brainwashed mental midgets who think israel can do no wrong
And it is just like 90% of other campuses controlled by the modern democrat party.
So a whiny Jew only supports the school if they push the propaganda and agenda he wants... boohoo
Marc Rowan gave Jeffrey Epstein $158 million for "advice", so yeah, a real class act representing your community.
Elites so fearful to speak when it counts. Sometimes opportunities to stand up against disgusting acts of cowardice only comes once in a lifetime.
Nah they have plenty of opportunities, just choose to ignore them
This is real moral courage and leadership. He's absolutely correct that this is an issue of right and wrong, and there is a problem with the moral compass at many universities
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As someone who would consider myself to be on the left I think it's wrong when they try to bully or harras conservative speakers at colleges, I'm personally closer to being a free speach absolutist and so I don't think anyone should be publicly punisher for speaking out their opinions. Unless they were say slurs, thats the only line I draw.
@@JosephLovesMoviesI don't consider myself on the left anymore but I am a 1st amendment even if I can't stand what you are saying as individuals you have the right to do so, but I also believe that others have a right to have a open debate, criticize or disagree with what someone says and I think we agree with each other here, however I do believe that people who are in roles of leadership have obligation to consider all views especially as touching as this subject. I agree with what he said that the university of Florida leaders took yes we can have political discussions about issues pertaining to these countries later but right now as families are mourning as people lives are turned upside down and as many hurt now is the time to condemn any acts of terrorism against any people whether we agree with them or not. I actually do feel for the Palestinians people and think that there is lots of room for discussion about land and such but what Hamas did is simply wrong and not just wrong it was purely evil and for everyone who was affected directly or indirectly my heart goes to you I and most good decent people agree that they are nothing more than monsters and the planet and humanity can do without those types of people. There is no if or what about this lets think how we would feel if it was us I know I wouldn't want to hear excuses or some trying to find justification I ask myself do these people not have a ounce of human empathy for others?
@@JosephLovesMoviesimagine the victims hearing the support hearing the words at those rallies not only that what does this say about us as citizens knowing that our own fellow citizens were among the ones murdered and that are being held hostage how can anyone support a foreign country that killed and took your fellow citizens hostage we should see protest against Hamas in support of at least other Americans but sadly we seen the opposite. God forgive me but I hope I am not them one day so against my own country and my fellow citizens that I would cheer for a terrorist group instead.
@@chavezchrissy alright then how can you or anyone else that thinks like you support Israel seeing Israel murdered 34 US Sailors on the u.s.s. Liberty when Israel bombed it trying to pull American to the 7-Day War Israel was trying to blame the Arabs but that didn't work only because brave sailors spoke the truth even tho the american government tried to silence them
Thank you Marc
Leadership of UPenn and many other universities need to be held accountable for supporting and even promoting organizations which advocate for terrorism and promote hate
And also killed fellow citizens in the wake of their terrorism as well as took them hostage. I think that we should see that as a act of being a traitor for a terrorist group in a foreign country.
bye bye every lgbtq group on campus.
@@landor7610 yep, but that won't happen when one side is treated differently
You just defined Israel to a T.
Exactly. Well said.
Amen Marc Rowan!!!
Marc Rowan!!! 👏👏👏👏 Thank you.
I agree. I’ve had enough of the “sorry not sorry “ attitudes. Free speech as a civilized human must be tempered with wisdom and responsibility for what is said. People have already forgotten the "Unite the Right” protest in 2017. Only 6 years ago and no one remembers. The organizers were found guilty for civil liability for $25 million
You have nothing to say about BLM and antifa causing billions in damage though
@@jr2904
Exactly
Hmm where was this dude when Upenn was censoring conservative speech.
Even more important than that, where was Rowan when Penn throttled women's sports and allowed Lia Thomas, a man to destroy women's swimming?
Sounds like Marc Rowan just got Red Pilled. Welcome to the awakening Mr. Rowan.
BRAVO Marc Rowan!!!
The rot in academia is deep
Yup, how dare they allow their students to have their own opinions. All Palestinian literature should be burned in a big pile like the nazis did.
You are at least ten years too late.
If this what it takes, I’m all for it. They have been trashing white, straight, men for years while praising minorities, if we need Jewish people to win that fight and bring the other to light, all good.
I envy his ability to remain so composed with this kind of madness...I am not even Jewish
Thank you!
All violence is bad. Please condemn all violence - including violence against indigenous people.
I remember when this guy spoke out against the hatred and bigotry shown towards Christians and Conservatives. Oh wait...
Apollo CEO Marc Rowan! High Five to you for your courageous stance! Well said and well put! Outstanding Sir!
Thank You! But She IS Responsible for Her Own Immortality and Choices!
Sounds like he needs to just let Penn go since the University President and Trustees Chair don't want to be bothered with him. This griping amounts to a personal vendetta. Let him join the University of Florida Board of Trustees since he likes what they're doing so much.
thumbs up for Mr Rowan who stands on his ground to fight antisemitism and poor leadership at U Penn.
Alum donations are a gesture of goodwill. Mr. Rowans money, Mr.Rowans choice. Kudos Marc.😊
He can put his money up his ….
Thank you Marc.
This guy gets it.
Marc Rowan gave Jeffrey Epstein $158 million for "advice", so yeah, a real class act representing your community.
Well done Marc Rowan. The pressure campaign needs to continue. We are behind you 1000%!
Bobby Kennedy said "Moral courage is a rarer commodity than bravery in battle or great intelligence." Never again.
If no violence is being committed, then let the people speak. If you're concerned that unrestricted speech may cause people to come to the wrong conclusions, then perhaps you need to reconsider yours. Fight back with ideas, not censorship. Censoring and condemning ideas will only cause people ask what you have to fear.
UPenn is an embarrassment to Philly and PA.
Thank you for your response.
Any Jewish benefactor who has pledged a dollar to Penn, Yale, Cornell, Columbia, Harvard and about 50 other universities needs to reconsider
Respect to Marc Rowan.
Difficult call? No. Marc Rowan loves his school. Easy call for him. And the right call.
Moral courage at its finest.
Defund UPenn. Stop sending research grants here!
The COVID vaccine research was done at Penn. Penn is spending the money on the right things and doesn't need to bother with censoring Palestinian poets. The University President has her priorities in order.
Liz Magill should not have been selected in the first place.
Prior UPenn prez, Amy Gutnan, would not let this happen.
Biden had to pay off Amy Gutmann with an Ambassadorship to Germany after Penn paid Biden hundreds of thousands of dollars to teach one class.
Thought folk was against 'cancel culture'? This is dangerous. Once this genie gets out of the bag there's no putting it back.
Money should be sent to the University of Florida. It has not gone woke.
Sooo the folk in FL are asleep?
Marc Rowan sounds like a smart man. Godspeed sir.
These places of higher learning were always against religious morals teaching. Now, sir they have come for you. Why? Because they are comfortable. I condemn hamas. Because i am a moral person. Didnt learn that at penn.
Marc, thank you for taking a stand on this. You are a role model
Free Palestine does not mean support Hamas and anyone who says either has a financial motive to or no understanding of the complexity of the situation. Palestinians aren't all associated with Hamas and people saying that have no clue what they are talking about. Have you even been to the Middle East? Do you even know any Arabic people? Do you know any Muslims? Reading articles written in English by western media only give one perspective.
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In 2020 when I say “All Lives Matter” I was bullied. I hope in 2024 I can finally say that out loud at my university without being attacked. That’s my New Years wish.
Very well said!
CEOs need to stop hiring from these universities.
Thank you, Marc Rowan, for your moral courage and leadership. I will send my $1 to Penn, and that will be my last donation.
Marc Rowan gave Jeffrey Epstein $158 million for "advice", so yeah, a real class act representing your community.
being anti Palestine IS antisemitism. It’s not complicated
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Defund now !
I love this guy
His selective outrage is hypocritical.
Wow. Marc Rowan ‘s sense of clarity and moral compass is outstanding
Marc Rowan gave Jeffrey Epstein $158 million for "advice", so yeah, a real class act representing your community.
Thank you Marc for taking a very public stand. As a fellow Penn alum, I share your revulsion at the lack of moral fiber on the part of the University administrators. And any funds that I might have ordinarily sent to Penn will now be directed elsewhere.
LMAO. What a huge threat.
So Israel is moral and Palestine is immoral? Ok bro, I wish life was that simple
Not his point … Palestine is not the point of this nor does he attack Palestine in any way. He is 100% focused on antisemitism …
The Wharton School needs to split off from the University of Pennsylvania.
Criticizing Israel is not antisemitism!!!
That’s not what he said.
Nice try.
this guys a clown for trying to infringe on freedom of speech
Bravo
Good!
Agree 100% with this man.
Good - the colleges and universities have gone mad and intolerant
It’s disturbing to see freedom of speech being taken away. Being pro Palestine doesn’t make you pro Hamas.
Watching this interview is like the Prime Minister interviewing the Israeli defense force.
It is disheartening to observe that, on this particular issue, there appears to be a predominant pro-Israel narrative in the United States. I believe that people should have the opportunity to express a pro-Palestine viewpoint (without endorsing Hamas, of course) to promote a more balanced and inclusive discussion.
thank you for speaking out
Thank goodness morality prevails.
Free Palestine
Three cheers for Marc Rowan.
Mr. Rowan is observing a 1939 style awareness that Jewish life is somehow always open for debate. He is watching in real time a pre kristalnacht situation emerging -- and he has the self awareness, and the willingness, to put himself out there to take heat and say something. Something I found so interesting: Rowan was a bit surprised at the end, when the two hosts asked him what this was all about? His answer was the answer of the exasperated: it's about right and wrong.
Magill and Bok must RESIGN.
Remember Palestine rejected splitting the territory in 1948. Rejected.
Look into the Havara Agreement from the 30s though.
It's THEIR LAND 😅
Why would they do that when they were their 1st 🇵🇸
But they support BLM ?
People like you always have to mention black people..
You prejudice is showing
AMY WAX?
My recommendation is to do what I did. Three years ago, my alma mater (Grinnell College in Iowa) elected to make a hefty contribution to BLM, which to me is nothing but a hate organization. I expressed my dismay at the time to the leadership of the college. BLM has a long history of antisemitism and over a third of the students at Grinnell now, as when I was there, are Jewish (although I am not). I pointed out to college leadership how tone deaf their decision was. Obviously, my thoughts on the subject were rejected, and the contribution was made. It was then that I decided to never make another donation to the school. There are many wonderful charities out there that need money. One of them is now getting the money that I had previously earmarked for Grinnell Collge.
STOP equating support for the Palestinian people with support for Hamas!!!! It's NOT the same. In fact half the world sides with the Palestinian people and the other half with Israel. It's not confined to a few students at a University. Supporting innocent Palestinians is NOT antisemitic!! That's just plain wrong.
Well, good for you Mr rowan. I must ask, why did it take a massacre to get you here? Alot of people need to ask themselves some hard questions. Cause I believe they are kidding themselves about the truth.
We need him to get into politics! He’s a leader we need!
A glimmer of hope at a very bleak time. Thank you!
I understand your hurt and feel for Israel’s struggles. You are certainly entitled to withhold donations. But i find your attempt to strong-arm an university to align with your moral views may have unintended consequences. Apollo preaching to UPenn about morality and ethics, I find that interesting. In any event, I am sorry about the events at Israel, and wish you and Israel peace and security.
How come other races don’t get their own name for racism?
You gotta make one up
Anti Semitic is simply two words. One is Semitic, meaning Jewish. One is anti. Not really a crazy term. It’s like anti white, anti trans, anti male, what ever you want.
You never know but it could be because of people who say things like that.
because they were awarded the special victim card in the bible.
antiwaspism
this dude shows everything wrong with wokism.
go woke go broke...
I'd rather be woke than pro Israel.
I'm an Irish Conservative.
I thought people went to college to think freely and explore complex issues from every angle? Apparently not. Especially when donor 'philanthropy' turns out to be transactional in reality.
Bud light em boycott apollo
Hilarious. This has been going on for a decade. And yes it is a free speech issue. I guess it just depends on whose ox is being gored.
Exactly. This is such a load. This dude is whining about a book festival.
@@Mohamed-yb5xw: Mohammed , we know your arab book festivals with Mein Kampf as recommended reading.
Pennsylvania is a lost cause they elected the senator that wears gym shorts and Hawaiian shirts to work.
People explaining Israel’s oppression of Palestine is not the same thing as antisemitism, and this guy is bringing up the situation with Hamas up like it’s related to some sort of campus activity. And I don’t understand why you couldn’t say happy indigenous’s peoples day as a way of acknowledging Columbus’s crimes and still be shocked by what happened and sympathetic?
The thing that amazes me is that this battle has been raging for over seven thousand years and you think your opinions mean anything.
Thank you, it’s outstanding!
Keep up the great work, its got to stop
Name the antisemitez
How come Palestinian support brings down threats of job loss from Israeli supporters? Why does no one threaten to take their chickenshit jobs, since they operate in a bubble with zero push-back from anything?
Controlling the Ivy Yeshivas with their money.
Thank you mark for speaking up and taking action takes real courage ❤
Marc Rowan gave Jeffrey Epstein $158 million for "advice", so yeah, a real class act representing your community.
If only more donors would take such a stand. Universities have become cesspools of left wing ideology. They should have to co -sign every loan every student takes out to attend. Put their endowments on the line.
Time for Palestine to stop occupying Israel? ⭐
Sympathies to you Marc and those affected by the attacks last week. The issue is not morally clear, you can’t cherry pick in a vacuum. Israel has treated Palestinians like subhumans for decades. You can’t expect any human to be treated that way, confined to a cage, water and electricity denied will before this last week, and for them to be okay with it. Netanyahu has never been an advocate for actual peace.
lol imagine thinking Israel has to support the scum that attacks them daily
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Remember the idolization of Che Guevara in the 60ties