Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations - USD ($) $ in Thousands		3 Months Ended							9 Months Ended
		Sep. 30, 2019	Jun. 30, 2019	Mar. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018	Sep. 30, 2018	Jun. 30, 2018	Mar. 31, 2018	Sep. 30, 2019	Sep. 30, 2018
Expenses
Total expenses		$ 395,701				$ 227,188			$ 1,100,509	$ 654,488
Other income (expense)
Total other income		32,787				38,754			95,919	108,920
Income before taxes		103,576				52,343			323,919	165,461
Income tax expense		11,701				5,131			35,590	29,659
Net income		91,875	$ 74,878	$ 121,576	$ 16,337	47,212	$ 14,169	$ 74,421	288,329	135,802
Net income attributable to Ares Management Corporation		33,331				15,910			110,419	45,083
Less: Series A Preferred Stock dividends paid		5,425				5,425			16,275	16,275
Net income attributable to Ares Management Corporation Class A common stockholders		$ 27,906				$ 10,485			$ 94,144	$ 28,808
Net income attributable to Ares Management Corporation per share of Class A common stock
Basic (in dollars per share)		$ 0.24				$ 0.09			$ 0.84	$ 0.25
Diluted (in dollars per share)		$ 0.23				$ 0.09			$ 0.81	$ 0.25
Weighted-average shares of Class A common stock:
Basic (in shares)	[1]	108,481,929				98,706,419			105,546,219	94,168,582
Diluted (in shares)	[1]	121,890,022				98,706,419			116,418,136	94,168,582
Consolidated Funds
Expenses
Expenses of Consolidated Funds		$ 10,884				$ 12,833			$ 30,865	$ 49,261
Other income (expense)
Net realized and unrealized gains on investments		(992)				5,437			3,256	26,839
Interest expense		(71,134)				(62,763)			(204,051)	(163,942)
Interest and other income of Consolidated Funds		107,922				93,062			303,312	250,117
Net income attributable to non-controlling interests related to consolidated VIEs		15,908				13,169			41,878	23,418
AOG
Other income (expense)
Net income attributable to non-controlling interests related to consolidated VIEs		42,636				18,133			136,032	67,301
Ares Management L.P
Revenues
Total revenues		466,490				240,777			1,328,509	711,029
Expenses
Compensation and benefits		166,216				145,594			485,232	419,225
Performance related compensation		139,216				17,606			388,424	30,479
General, administrative and other expenses		79,385				51,155			195,988	155,523
Other income (expense)
Net realized and unrealized gains on investments		1,522				5,542			5,519	7,970
Interest and dividend income		2,030				808			5,526	6,511
Interest expense		(4,691)				(4,143)			(16,073)	(17,088)
Other income (expense), net		(1,870)				811			(1,570)	(1,487)
Management fees | Ares Management L.P
Revenues
Total revenues		251,591				204,524			714,096	588,071
Carried interest allocation
Revenues
Total revenues									503,808
Carried interest allocation | Ares Management L.P
Revenues
Total revenues		186,803				31,902			503,808	72,587
Incentive fees | Ares Management L.P
Revenues
Total revenues		1,712				872			28,747	13,683
Principal investment income (loss) | Ares Management L.P
Revenues
Total revenues		11,389				(7,464)			45,992	(684)
Administrative, transaction and other fees
Revenues
Total revenues		0				0			0	0
Administrative, transaction and other fees | Ares Management L.P
Revenues
Total revenues		$ 14,995				$ 10,943			$ 35,866	$ 37,372

[1] Three and nine months ended September 30, 2018 represents common units.