| Joe Azelby | |
| Number: | 50 |
| Position: | Linebacker |
| Birth Date: | March 5, 1962 |
| Birth Place: | New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Height Ft: | 6 |
| Height In: | 1 |
| Weight Lb: | 225 |
| High School: | Bergen Catholic (Oradell, New Jersey) |
| College: | Harvard |
| Draftyear: | 1984 |
| Draftround: | 10 |
| Draftpick: | 263 |
| Pastteams: | |
| Statlabel1: | Fumble recoveries |
| Statvalue1: | 1 |
| Pfr: | AzelJo20 |
Joseph Kenneth Azelby (born March 5, 1962) is a former a professional American football player who played linebacker for the 1984 season for the Buffalo Bills[1] He was selected by the Bills in the tenth round of the 1984 NFL draft.[2]
Since then Azelby has gone on to a career at JPMorgan Chase, which he joined after leaving the NFL[3] and where he served as global head of JP Morgan's real asset investment group, overseeing a team of 400 investment professionals investments worth in excess of $60 billion. In the spring of 2017, he joined Apollo Global Management in a similar role.[4] He left Apollo in 2018 after differences with other managers over attracting investors and assembling a team for the real assets division.[5] In March 2019, Azelby was announced as the head of UBS's $100 billion real estate and private markets division.[6]
Raised in Dumont and a graduate of Bergen Catholic High School, Azelby has been a resident of nearby Cresskill.[7]