Stephen A. Schwarzman

Stephen A. Schwarzman is the Chairman, CEO, and Co-Founder of Blackstone, one of the world's largest alternative investment firms. He co-founded the firm in 1985 with Peter G. Peterson and has led its growth into a global manager with over $1.3 trillion in assets under management. He is also known for extensive philanthropy focused on education and the arts, including major gifts to MIT, Yale, and Oxford, and is the author of the New York Times bestseller What It Takes.