Blackstone Inc.

Overview

Blackstone Inc. is a publicly traded global alternative asset manager headquartered in New York, founded in 1985 by Peter G. Peterson and Stephen A. Schwarzman.

Portfolio

• Private equity, real estate, credit, infrastructure, hedge fund solutions, secondaries, growth equity, and insurance solutions investment strategies
• Past media-sector investments have included Freedom Communications, Cumulus Media Partners, and Houghton Mifflin

Ownership

Blackstone is publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: BX). It went public in 2007, the first major private equity firm to do so.

History

Founded in 1985 with $400,000 in seed capital. As of September 2025, Blackstone had $1.2 trillion in total assets under management, making it the world's largest alternative investment firm.