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Blackstone Group

COMPANY

Private investment firm, founded 1985 by Peter G. Peterson and Stephen A. Schwarzman. Taken public in 2007.

Acquired Equity Office Properties in 2006 for $36B. Acquired Hilton Hotels in 2007 for $20B. Acquired Busch Gardens and SeaWorld chain of theme parks in 2009.

Official Website:
http://www.blackstone.com/

Industry:
Private Equity

Ticker:
NYSE:BX

Corporate headquarters:
New York City

Sales:
$3.05B (2007)

Employees:
1000 (2008)

EXECUTIVES

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Roger C. Altman
Business
c. 1945   CEO of Evercore Partners
James R. Birle
Business
25-Jan-1936   Former Partner, Blackstone Group
Chinh E. Chu
Business
c. 1966   Managing Director, Blackstone Group
David I. Foley
Business
c. 1967   Blackstone Group
Robert L. Friedman
Business
c. 1942   Managing Partner, Blackstone Group
Mark T. Gallogly
Business
c. 1957   Former Managing Director, Blackstone
Jeffrey E. Garten
Educator
29-Oct-1946   Dean of Yale Management, 1995-2005
Anthony Grillo
Business
12-Jul-1955   American Securities Advisors
J. Tomilson Hill
Business
c. 1948   Vice Chairman of Blackstone Group
Glenn H. Hutchins
Business
c. 1955   Co-Founder, Silver Lake Partners
Hamilton James
Business
3-Feb-1951   President of Blackstone Group
Charles H. Noski
Business
c. 1951   CFO of Northrop Grumman, 2003-05
Scott C. Nuttall
Business
c. 1972   Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
William S. Oglesby
Business
c. 1959   Managing Director, Blackstone Group
Peter G. Peterson
Business
5-Jun-1926   Chairman, Council on Foreign Relations
James A. Quella
Business
c. 1950   Blackstone Group
Mikael Salovaara
Business
c. 1954   Greycliff Partners
Stephen A. Schwarzman
Business
14-Feb-1947   Co-Founder, Blackstone Group
Henry R. Silverman
Business
1-Aug-1940   Chairman of Realogy
Neil P. Simpkins
Business
c. 1941   Senior Managing Director, Blackstone
David Stockman
Government
10-Nov-1946   Ronald Reagan's chief economist
Byron Wien
Business
c. 1933   Investment strategist, Blackstone

CURRENT BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
J. Tomilson Hill
Business
c. 1948   Vice Chairman of Blackstone Group
Hamilton James
Business
3-Feb-1951   President of Blackstone Group
Brian Mulroney
Head of State
20-Mar-1939   Canadian Prime Minister, 1984-93
William G. Parrett
Business
c. 1945   CEO of Deloitte Touche Tomatsu, 2003-07
Peter G. Peterson
Business
5-Jun-1926   Chairman, Council on Foreign Relations
Jacob Rothschild
Business
29-Apr-1936   RIT Capital Partners
Stephen A. Schwarzman
Business
14-Feb-1947   Co-Founder, Blackstone Group

EMPLOYMENT

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
William C. Pate
Business
c. 1963   Equity Group Investments
Seth P. Plattus
Attorney
c. 1961   CAO of Cerberus Capital Management

EXTRANEOUS

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Marshall A. Cohen
Business
c. 1935   CEO of Molson, 1988-96
Niall FitzGerald
Business
13-Sep-1945   Chairman of Reuters
Reed E. Hundt
Business
3-Mar-1948   FCC Chairman, 1993-97
Robert D. Kennedy
Business
c. 1933   CEO of Union Carbide, 1986-95
Richard E. Salomon
Business
c. 1942   Chairman of Mecox Ventures
Ron Sommer
Business
29-Jul-1949   Chairman of Deutsche Telekom, 1995-2002


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