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    <schemaVersion>X0306</schemaVersion>

    <documentType>4</documentType>

    <periodOfReport>2019-08-01</periodOfReport>

    <notSubjectToSection16>0</notSubjectToSection16>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0001411494</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>Apollo Global Management LLC</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>APO</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001516679</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>BRH Holdings GP, Ltd.</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>C/O APOLLO GLOBAL MANAGEMENT, LLC</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>9 WEST 57TH STREET, 43RD FLOOR</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>NEW YORK</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>NY</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>10019</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>0</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>0</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>1</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
            <officerTitle></officerTitle>
            <otherText></otherText>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <derivativeTable>
        <derivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Apollo Operating Group units</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <conversionOrExercisePrice>
                <footnoteId id="F1"/>
            </conversionOrExercisePrice>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2019-08-01</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <deemedExecutionDate></deemedExecutionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>J</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
                <footnoteId id="F2"/>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionTimeliness></transactionTimeliness>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>192481</value>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>0</value>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>D</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
            <exerciseDate>
                <footnoteId id="F2"/>
            </exerciseDate>
            <expirationDate>
                <footnoteId id="F3"/>
            </expirationDate>
            <underlyingSecurity>
                <underlyingSecurityTitle>
                    <value>Class A shares</value>
                </underlyingSecurityTitle>
                <underlyingSecurityShares>
                    <value>192481</value>
                </underlyingSecurityShares>
            </underlyingSecurity>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>202053080</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>I</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
                <natureOfOwnership>
                    <value>By AP Professional Holdings, L.P.</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F4"/>
                </natureOfOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </derivativeTransaction>
    </derivativeTable>

    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Each Apollo Operating Group unit represents a right to receive one Class A share of Apollo Global Management, LLC (the &quot;Issuer&quot;), subject to the restrictions and provisions set forth in the Fifth Amended and Restated Exchange Agreement, dated April 28, 2017, by and among the Issuer, AP Professional Holdings, L.P. (&quot;Holdings&quot;) and the other parties thereto (the &quot;Exchange Agreement&quot;).</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">On August 1, 2019, Holdings distributed 192,481 Apollo Operating Group units to two of its limited partners. These Apollo Operating Group units were exchanged for Class A shares of the Issuer on a one-for-one basis pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Exchange Agreement.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">The Apollo Operating Group units do not expire.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F4">The reporting person is the sole general partner of Holdings, which holds 202,053,080 Apollo Operating Group units. Holdings and other parties to the Exchange Agreement may exchange the Apollo Operating Group units for Class A shares of the Issuer, subject to the restrictions and provisions set forth in the Exchange Agreement. The reporting person does not have a pecuniary interest in the Apollo Operating Group units and disclaims beneficial ownership of these securities.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>By: /s/ John J. Suydam, Vice President</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2019-08-02</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
