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Blackstone was founded in 1985 as a mergers and acquisitions firm by Peter G. Peterson and Stephen A. Schwarzman, who had previously worked together at Lehman Brothers .
- Stephen Schwarzman's Early Life and Education
- The Start of Stephen Schwarzman's Career
- The Beginning of Blackstone Group
- Entering The Private Equity World
- Expanded Business Segments and IPO
- The Bottom Line
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Schwarzman says, ‘‘I stopped [studying math] in the eleventh grade. Calculus, for me, was way out of reach. I am more in the add, subtract, divide and multiply category, which worked and still does for me.’’ With no interest in corporate finance, Schwarzman took social science-related courses like psychology and sociology during his time at Yale. W...
After graduating from Yale in 1969, Schwarzman managed to get a job with an institutional asset management firm called Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette (DLJ). At the time, the company had just been listed on the New York Stock Exchange. Now defunct, it was co-founded by Bill Donaldson who also founded the Yale School of Management. Schwarzman developed...
With a Harvard MBA under his belt in 1972, Schwarzman took on a job at the then-independent investment giant, Lehman Brothers. By the age of 31, he had become the Managing Director of Global Mergers and Acquisitions for Lehman. Following American Express Company’s (AXP) acquisition of Lehman Brothers in 1984, Schwarzman left the firm. He approached...
Schwarzman successfully raised $800 million in 1987 for Blackstone's first private equity fund, Blackstone Capital Partners I, L.P. Prudential Financial Inc. (PRU), and General Motors Company (GM) were two of the fund's largest investors. The money raised was used to purchase companies using a strategy called leveraged buyouts(LBOs). Private equity...
Since launching his firm's first private equity fund in 1988, Schwarzman has significantly expanded Blackstone's business segments. The company continues to provide mergers and acquisitions advice as well as private equity fund management. In addition, Blackstone manages several funds of hedge funds and real estate investment partnerships. In 2012,...
Stephen Schwarzman became a billionaire by managing money for other people. Dissatisfied by the level of transparency offered by the stock market, Schwarzman co-founded The Blackstone Group, a private equity firm, in the mid-1980s. Today, Blackstone is one of the world's largest alternative asset managers. The company collects fees for managing hun...
Learn how Stephen Schwarzman, a former Lehman Brothers executive, launched The Blackstone Group in 1985 with his partner Pete Peterson. Blackstone is one of the world's largest alternative asset managers, with $684 billion in assets under management as of Sept. 2021.
Stephen A. Schwarzman is Chairman, CEO and Co-Founder of Blackstone, one of the world’s largest alternative investment firms with over $1 trillion Assets Under Management (as of March 31, 2024). Mr. Schwarzman has been involved in all phases of Blackstone’s development since its founding in 1985.
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Stephen Allen Schwarzman (born February 14, 1947) is an American billionaire businessman. He is the chairman and CEO of the Blackstone Group, a global private equity firm he established in 1985 with Peter G. Peterson. Schwarzman was briefly chairman of former president Donald Trump 's Strategic and Policy Forum. [1]
Jun 3, 2022 · Blackstone was founded in 1985 by Peter G. Peterson and Stephen A. Schwarzman. It was originally formed as a mergers and acquisitions advisory boutique. The founders had previously worked together at Lehman Brothers, where Schwarzman served as head of Lehman Brothers’ global mergers and acquisitions business.
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Mar 23, 2023 · Stephen Schwarzman cofounded the Blackstone Group in 1985 and grew it into one of the largest investment firms in the world, with nearly $1 trillion in assets under management and businesses in private equity, real estate, and credit, among other areas.
