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Debra Black
Debra Black is an American Broadway producer and philanthropist. She is the wife of Leon Black, co-founder of Apollo Global Management. BiographyBlack was born Debra Ressler to New York lawyer Ira Ressler.[1] She is the sister of Tony Ressler, who co-founded Apollo Global Management with Leon Black.[2] She graduated from Barnard College in 1976.[3] Black is a Broadway producer who has been nominated for ten Tony Awards, winning two in the Tony Award for Best Play category for The History Boys (2006) and The Pillow Man (2008).[4][5][6] Philanthropic activitiesBlack and her husband co-founded the Melanoma Research Alliance, which funds melanoma research worldwide.[7] Black is a melanoma survivor herself.[8] She was elected a trustee of the Rockefeller University in 2010.[9] In 2015, She was elected a trustee of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.[10] In 2018, she and her husband donated $40 million to the Museum of Modern Art for its renovation and expansion.[11][12] References
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