The Blackstone CEO Conference
Each year, we welcome 200+ Blackstone portfolio company executives to our CEO Conference to exchange insights on the rapidly changing business landscape. Over two days of networking and panels, attendees explore the most pressing issues facing their companies and come away with actionable insights.
Highlights from the CEO Conference
Everything I Learned at Blackstone’s CEO Conference in 13 Minutes
Everything I Learned at Blackstone’s CEO Conference in 13 Minutes
From what the rise of AI means to leadership advice everyone should hear, Rodney Zemmel, Global Head of the Blackstone Operating Team, unpacks what you need to know from the Blackstone CEO Conference, straight from the best and brightest minds in business today.
Vision, Ambition, and Humanity in the Age of AI: Insights from Blackstone’s CEO Conference
Vision, Ambition, and Humanity in the Age of AI: Insights from Blackstone’s CEO Conference
More than 200 CEOs came together at Blackstone’s CEO conference to share how they’re using AI to reshape industries and deliver results at scale. Rodney Zemmel, Global Head of the Blackstone Operating Team, distills powerful ideas from those conversations.
The Fastest Pace of Change… Ever
Rodney Zemmel, Global Head of the Blackstone Operating Team, provides a practical CEO playbook for AI — where the tech is outperforming and the factors for success in business applications. He highlights value creation across software development, customer journeys, content, and machine‑learning.
Netflix Co-Founder: Disruption is a Chess Game
Reed Hastings, Co-Founder & Chairman of Netflix, highlights lessons on evolving from early-stage growth to strategy at scale and on building a high-performance culture at Netflix.
Why Should You Care About Data Centers?
Sean Klimczak, Blackstone’s Global Head of Infrastructure, and Nadeem Meghji, Blackstone’s Global Head of Real Estate, discuss AI’s explosive growth and how it’s driving unprecedented investment opportunities in data centers and power.
View from the Top
Jon Gray, Blackstone’s President & COO, discusses AI as ‘the main thing’ and pursuing relentless excellence as a business leader.
In the Ring: Inside OURA and the Wellness Boom
Eurie Kim, Former Chair of OURA & Managing Partner at Forerunner, shares her journey of helping scale OURA from a niche sleep tracker to a global health platform.
What AI Can’t Replace
Bill McDermott, Chairman & CEO of ServiceNow, offers his take on agentic AI and what it means for business leaders. He also unpacks the importance of putting human intelligence at the heart of it all.
Wall Street Meets Silicon Valley
Ruth Porat, President and CIO of Alphabet and Google and Blackstone Board Member, provides cross-industry lessons from finance and tech — with powerful insights on AI and leading through crisis.
