Blackstone Group

Blackstone Inc. is an alternative asset management firm specializing in real estate, private equity, hedge fund solutions, credit, secondary funds of funds, public debt and equity and multi-asset class strategies. The firm typically invests in early-stage companies. It also provide capital markets services. The real estate segment specializes in opportunistic, core+ investments as well as debt investment opportunities collateralized by commercial real estate, and stabilized income-oriented commercial real estate across North America, Europe and Asia. The firm's corporate private equity business pursues transactions throughout the world across a variety of transaction types, including large buyouts,special situations, distressed mortgage loans, mid-cap buyouts, buy and build platforms, which involves multiple acquisitions behind a single management team and platform, and growth equity/development projects involving significant majority stakes in portfolio companies and minority investments in operating companies, shipping, real estate, corporate or consumer loans, and alternative energy greenfield development projects in energy and power, property, dislocated markets, shipping opportunities, financial institution breakups, re-insurance, and improving freight mobility, financial services, healthcare, life sciences, enterprise tech and consumer, as well as consumer technologies. The firm considers investment in Asia and Latin America. It has a three year investment period. Its hedge fund business manages a broad range of commingled and customized fund solutions and its credit business focuses on loans, and securities of non-investment grade companies spread across the capital structure including senior debt, subordinated debt, preferred stock and common equity. Blackstone Inc. was founded in 1985 and is headquartered in New York, New York with additional offices across Asia, Europe and North America.

The Blackstone Group was founded in 1985 by Peter G. Peterson and Stephen A. Schwarzman. Initially a mergers and acquisitions advisory boutique, the firm has since grown to become one of the largest alternative investment firms in the world. Throughout its history, Blackstone has expanded its offerings to include private equity, credit, hedge fund, real estate, infrastructure, and strategic capital investments, among other sectors. From the 1980s to the 2000s, Blackstone evolved into a powerhouse of global private equity, building up its portfolio of firms. In 2006, Blackstone went public, launching the first public offering from a private equity firm. Over the next decade, Blackstone further solidified its status as a leader, becoming the largest private equity firm in the world. In 2019, the firm revised its strategy to focus more on core investment platforms like private equity and real estate, while scaling back exposure to non-core sectors like hedge funds. Today, Blackstone is one of the largest investment firms in the world, managing more than $550 billion in assets and deploying capital across multiple strategies in over 40 countries around the world.

Blackstone is committed to generating long-term value for its investors,creating opportunities and solving challenging problems for its investments and balancing the interests of all stakeholders.

Blackstone's vision is to create long-term value for its investors, to achieve excellence in risk management, to optimize the potential of its portfolio companies and investments, to actively assess opportunities and to remain committed to the communities in which it operates.