Topic: Stephen Schwarzman

Carlyle, Blackstone chiefs downbeat on U.S. economy

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The heads of two of the world's most powerful private equity firms issued a dire report on the U.S. economy on Wednesday, signaling problems for political leaders and their own firms' ability to realize profit on their ...

Stephen A. Schwarzman

Stephen Allen Schwarzman (born February 14, 1947) is an Cardinal Edward M. Egan of New York. In 2007, Schwarzman was listed among Time Magazine 's 100 Most Influential People in The World. "Time 100 (2007) - Stephen Schwarzman" . Time Magazine Schwarzman has served ...
Stephen Schwarzman, founder of Blackstone Group LP (NYSE: BX ), talks about the U.S. economy, housing and foreclosures. Schwarzman spoke yesterday...

Schwarzman issues apology over Hitler slip-up

Stephen Schwarzman has issued an apology in response to the backlash over his calamitous analogy that compared Obama's private equity taxation proposal to Hitler's invasion of Poland. The private equity boss, worth an estimated $8bn including Blackstone stock, offered the ...
Stephen Schwarzman, the head of buy-out major The Blackstone Group, has likened the Obama administration's anticipated tax hike on private equity to the catalyst for World War 2 - Adolf Hitler's invasion of Poland. The comments, Newsweek reports, were made whilst ...

Blackstone defends Goldman amid fraud charges

As Goldman Sachs detractors take shots at the investment bank amid allegations from the US Securities Exchange Commission that it behaved fraudulently in putting together subprime mortgage investment products that were predestined to fail, US private equity firm Blackstone has jumped to ...
George Soros remains the richest alternative investments titan in the world, according to Forbes magazine's latest roster of billionaires.. The Soros Fund Management founder is $3 billion richer than he was last year, good enough for 35th place on the Forbes ...

Blackstone climbs out of the red

Blackstone Group, the private equity industry's biggest player, has reported positive earnings for last year after suffering heavy losses in 2008. Stephen Schwarzman, chairman and CEO of Blackstone, said, "It has been about 17 months since the collapse of Lehman Brothers ...

Blackstone’s Schwarzman bets on theme parks

Stephen Schwarzman, the CEO of the biggest private equity firm in the industry, Blackstone Group, has said that theme parks will offer an attractive investment target as the US economy recovers, according to Reuters. According to the report, Schwarzman last week told ...

Blackstone's Schwarzman bets on theme parks

Stephen Schwarzman, the CEO of the biggest private equity firm in the industry, Blackstone Group, has said that theme parks will offer an attractive investment target as the US economy recovers, according to Reuters. According to the report, Schwarzman last week told ...