Stable, Accomplished Investment Team

Investments are guided by a senior team with extensive industry experience and tenure at Blackstone.  Our team has performed through numerous economic cycles and is equipped to navigate the challenges and opportunities they present.  Each transaction receives the attention of one or more of our Senior Managing Directors, and typically the involvement of our Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Stephen A. Schwarzman, and/or our President and Chief Operating Officer, Hamilton E. James.  While we have had very low turnover among senior leadership, we continue to opportunistically add new members to the team and encourage fresh, innovative thinking.  Regular meetings of all Senior Managing Directors ensure that we share insight and intellectual capital throughout the firm.

Global Platform

As an early proponent of investing on a worldwide scale, Blackstone has a global reach unmatched by most other alternative asset management firms. Today, we are a major investor in virtually every region, including such rapidly growing markets as China and India. We operate 24 offices worldwide, providing an expansive multi-national perspective. Our extensive global platform and network of international relationships enables us to source investment opportunities virtually anywhere in the world for the benefit of our Limited Partners.

Synergistic Businesses

Investors in our funds benefit from synergies across Blackstone’s spectrum of businesses, including Private Equity, Real Estate, Credit, Hedge Fund Solutions, Financial Advisory, Restructuring, Tactical Opportunities, and Fund Placement. Our businesses are leaders in their respective fields, and our investment, advisory and financing activities are highly complementary.  We have built a culture and organizational structure that facilitates the appropriate sharing of insights and investment themes among all of our businesses, coupled with the ability to bring our full financial and intellectual resources to bear in creating compelling value.

Public Company Advantage

Blackstone’s decision to become a public company in 2007 further strengthened our value proposition to Limited Partners.  The IPO yielded permanent capital that has enabled us to increase the firm’s investment in our funds, aligning our interests even more closely with our investors’.  This capital can also be deployed to support growth in new regions and provide additional operating capabilities.  Equity awards are an important means of attracting and rewarding key talent, and our approach to vesting ensures the stability of our team.  With our ‘A’ rating from S&P and sustained balance sheet strength, no Limited Partner need worry about the strength or stability of its Blackstone General Partner.

Serving our Limited Partners has been Blackstone’s guiding principle since inception.  We will never waver from this commitment.

If you have any questions please contact us at limited_partners@blackstone.com.
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