Our investments span a wide range of industries and continents in businesses large and small. We play a vital role in providing businesses with the capital to realize their growth potential. We uncover value by identifying great companies and enhancing their performance by providing patient capital and partnering with strong management teams. This capital helps our portfolio companies launch new business initiatives, make game-changing acquisitions and upgrade technologies and systems to support their long-term plans. We also bring the know-how of our Portfolio Operations Group to provide strategic advice on operational improvements, revenue growth purchasing, leadership development and employee health care.

The companies we invest in provide a diverse offering of goods and services and employ thousands of people – their continued success serves as an engine of growth for communities and the broader economy. In fact, in 2011, portfolio companies in which Blackstone holds a majority ownership had 4.6% job growth in the U.S. compared to only 1.1% job growth for the overall U.S. economy.

At the same time, the consistent returns that these investments have earned for our investors –pension funds, academic and charitable institutions, governments and other institutions – secure and grow the assets needed to support retirees and fund essential programs.

We take very seriously our responsibility to our investors and the companies we invest in on their behalf. Their success is our success.

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Energy for Growth

Powering India’s continued economic growth will require a significant expansion of the country’s energy sources. Blackstone has invested capital and technical expertise in Moser Baer Projects, one of India’s largest power generation companies, to help advance its plans to build an additional 5,000 megawatts of capacity by 2016 with a diversified platform of thermal, solar and hydroelectric plants.