Private equity enormity Blackstone is in the final stages of a $15 billion bout of fundraising after a globetrotting search for investors, The Wall Street Journal reports. The news comes amid a putati… more →
Observerwrote 4 months ago: by Jim Quinn of The Burning Platform Posted on 8th January 2012 http://www.theburningplatform.com/? … more →
wrote 5 months ago: The private equity giant has soared by obsessing about danger – and by becoming more than a on … more →
wrote 9 months ago: It's my party and I'll spend if I want to A rich guy threw a party. Get over it. Leon Blac … more →
wrote 1 year ago: (Whenever time permits) I am currently reading the following books: The King of Capital: The Remarka … more →
wrote 1 year ago: Prior to the fractions rule, investors were investing $1 in order to get $5 to $7 in tax deductions. … more →
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wrote 1 year ago: Observer readers may have lately noticed a new column by the Tuscan-born Four Seasons owner Julian N … more →
wrote 1 year ago: –The daughter of billionaire Blackstone founder Steve Schwarzman has sold her Upper East Side … more →
wrote 1 year ago: Steve Schwarzman is a serious man who says serious things: Take, for instance, the private equity ki … more →
wrote 1 year ago: It sounds paternalistic; it is paternalistic; but the concept of noblesse oblige, or as Sergeant Col … more →
wrote 1 year ago: Today’s CNBC Town Hall event with President Obama won’t win him any accolades from the r … more →
wrote 1 year ago: When I first read of Steve Schwarzman’s rant in Newsweek, my first thought was that old quote attrib … more →
wrote 2 years ago: On Thursday, May 6, at 2:45 in the afternoon, the billionaire industrialist Wilbur Ross was intervie … more →
wrote 2 years ago: By P Chong Wednesday, 20 January 2010 If you’ve been following my … more →
wrote 2 years ago: Here’s a message from Rachel Payne ’12, the voice of my conscience: Hey Saybrook! Checkk … more →
wrote 2 years ago: Well, something a little different today…. You’ll notice I’ve given a link to the … more →
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wrote 3 years ago: I’m just back from a funeral in Pennsylvania — where I traveled late last night after th … more →
wrote 3 years ago: Blackstone Group (BX) CEO Steve Schwarzman is worried. Very worried. Last evening, at the firm … more →