Variable Interest Entities - Carrying Amounts of Assets and Liabilities (Detail) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Mar. 31, 2014		Dec. 31, 2013
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Total Assets	$ 12,631,659	[1]	$ 12,866,498	[2]
Total Liabilities	762,511	[3]	(1,311,279)	[4]
Apollo Exposure	35,205	[5]	34,665	[6]
Private Equity Funds
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Total Assets	7,641,759		7,631,592
Total Liabilities	(11,748)		(38,970)
Apollo Exposure	1,243		3,424
Credit
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Total Assets	4,575,031		3,926,347
Total Liabilities	(481,817)		(321,888)
Apollo Exposure	33,962		31,241
Real Estate
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Total Assets	414,869		1,308,559
Total Liabilities	(268,946)		(950,421)
Apollo Exposure	$ 0		$ 0

[1] Consists of $278,131 in cash, $11,622,052 in investments and $731,476 in receivables.

[2] Consists of $354,686 in cash, $12,034,487 in investments and $477,325 in receivables.

[3] Represents $608,225 in debt and other payables, $150,658 in securities sold, not purchased, and $3,628 in capital withdrawals payable.

[4] Represents $1,161,549 in debt and other payables, $106,532 in securities sold, not purchased, and $43,198 in capital withdrawals payable.

[5] Represents Apollo’s direct equity method investment in those entities in which Apollo holds a significant variable interest. Additionally, cumulative carried interest income is subject to reversal in the event of future losses. The maximum amount of future reversal of carried interest income from all of Apollo's funds, including those entities in which Apollo holds a significant variable interest, is $4,904 million as of March 31, 2014 as discussed in note 14.

[6] Represents Apollo’s direct equity method investment in those entities in which Apollo holds a significant variable interest. Additionally, cumulative carried interest income is subject to reversal in the event of future losses. The maximum amount of future reversal of carried interest income from all of Apollo's funds, including those entities in which Apollo holds a significant variable interest, was $4,858 million as of December 31, 2013