Deal record

2026 · Sponsor Acquisition

Apollo Funds agree to acquire Questex

Apollo plans to combine Questex with Emerald into a scaled North American B2B events platform with complementary live-event, media and professional-community assets.

TargetQuestex
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BuyerApollo

Research completeness

100out of 100
Deep Record

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2 sources2 named people5 provider roles0 research signalsValue not disclosedCompletion date not established

Transaction facts

Announced
2026-05-11
Evidence level
Transaction Announcement
Status
Announced
Transaction type
Sponsor Acquisition
Seller
Not established

Publicly disclosed provider roles

ProviderRoleSideEvidence
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcherlegal counselSellerApollo ↗
RBC Capital Marketslead financial adviserBuyerApollo ↗
RAN Advisorylead financial adviserBuyerApollo ↗
PJT Partnersfinancial adviserBuyerApollo ↗
Sidley Austinlegal counselBuyerApollo ↗

Named transaction professionals

Official Transaction Spokesperson

Shahid Bosan

Apollo

Named and quoted in Apollo's official transaction announcement.

Apollo ↗

Official Transaction Spokesperson

Paul Miller

Questex

Named and quoted as Questex chief executive officer in Apollo's official transaction announcement.

Apollo ↗