Joe Baratta

Joseph Baratta is the Global Head of Private Equity Strategies at Blackstone, the world's largest alternative asset manager, and a member of the firm's Board of Directors and Management Committee. He joined Blackstone in 1998 and relocated to London in 2001 to help establish the firm's European private equity business before being appointed Global Head of Private Equity in 2012. He oversees all of Blackstone's directly-invested private equity strategies and has been involved in the execution and monitoring of major investments across multiple sectors, including SeaWorld Parks and Entertainment, Merlin Entertainments Group, and Center Parcs. He serves on the boards of Medline and Merlin and is a magna cum laude graduate of Georgetown University.