Stephen Schwarzman

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12 March, 2020

How are PE firms managing risk in light of frequent black swan events?

Blackstone chairman Stephen Schwarzman has often explained how the private equity firm’s failed 1986 investment in Edgcomb Steel helped it ......

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09 March, 2020

What Blackstone CEO Schwarzman's early struggles can teach first-time fund managers

When Stephen Schwarzman was raising capital for his first fund at private equity firm Blackstone in the mid-1980s, he was ......

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24 April, 2019

Explained: Why Blackstone converting into a corporation is a big deal

Last week, Blackstone Group LP decided to convert from a partnership to a corporation. The change is perhaps the biggest ......