Steve Schwarzman doesn’t want to lose his right-hand man. Asked whether his chief operating officer, Hamilton “Tony” James, could be the next Treasury secretary, the Blackstone Group CEO told CNBC this morning that such a prospect worries him — not...
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Stephen Schwarzman, chairman and chief executive officer of Blackstone Group LP.
Schwarzman Hopes to Hold James
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Stephen Schwarzman, chairman and chief executive officer of Blackstone Group LP.
Private Equity’s Election Bounce?
Could all this madness actually be good for business? After enduring almost a year of attacks on private equity, one of its chief practitioners seems to think the industry could come out ahead when the November dust settles. Steve Schwarzman,...
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Newark, New Jersey Mayor Cory Booker.
Why Cory Booker is Private Equity’s Unlikely BFF
Henry Kravis and Steve Schwarzman should be scribbling thank you notes to Cory Booker today. The Newark mayor ignited a campaign firestorm over the weekend, calling for a stop to attacks on private equity, going so far as to call them “nauseating” and...
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