Noncontrolling Interest, Ownership Percentage By Noncontrolling Owners, Additional Interest Purchased

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Noncontrolling Interest, Ownership Percentage By Noncontrolling Owners, Including Shares And Warrants Owned By Related Parties

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Related Party Transaction, Maximum Units, Value

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Related Party Transaction, Minimum Ownership Percentage

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Related Party Transaction, Minimum Percentage Of Issued And Outstanding Shares

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Related Party Transaction, Minimum Percentage Of Volume-Weighted Average Price Of Shares

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Related Party Transaction, Minimum Period Prior To Share Issuance

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The percentage of ownership of common stock or equity participation in the investee accounted for under the equity method of accounting.

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-Section 50
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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS AND INTERESTS IN CONSOLIDATED ENTITIES - Liquidity Agreement (Details) - USD ($)	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2020	Feb. 28, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019
Liquidity Agreement \| Class A Common Stock
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Exchange of AOG Units for Class A Common Stock	$ 50,000,000
Minimum ownership percentage	3.50%
Minimum volume-weighted average price of the shares	90.00%
Minimum period limit to share issuance	10 days
Minimum percentage of issued and outstanding shares	2.00%
Athene Holding \| Athene Holding
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Incremental interest purchased		17.00%
Ownership percentage	28.50%	28.00%	11.30%
Ownership percentage, including shares and warrants owned by related parties		35.00%