Awards & Recognition
★Fortune 40 under 40 (2009)
★Commercial Observer Power 100 #1 ranking NYC real estate (2016)
★Vanity Fair New Establishment list (2016)
★Forbes America's Top 50 Givers #49 (2018)
★Fortune 100 Most Powerful People in Business (2024)
★Chronicle of Philanthropy largest donors list
Notable Facts
→President and COO of Blackstone, world's largest alternative investment firm
→Billionaire with net worth of $8-10 billion according to Bloomberg and Forbes
→Chairman of Hilton Worldwide since 2007
→Led Blackstone's real estate division to become world's largest commercial real estate platform
→Joined Blackstone in 1992 at age 22, 33-year tenure
→Under his leadership as President/COO since 2018, Blackstone AUM tripled to $1.3 trillion
→Major philanthropist - donated $245 million lifetime, established Basser Center for BRCA research
→Known for LinkedIn running videos with 266,000+ followers
→Regular keynote speaker at major conferences and business schools
→Led historic Hilton acquisition generating $14 billion profit
→Magna cum laude graduate from University of Pennsylvania Wharton School