A Pointer regarding Blackstone Groups’ Co-Founder, Steve Schwarzman
If you haven’t come across the story of Stephen A. Schwarzman, you’ll find this enthralling. Forbes Magazine named Steve the 53rd most well-heeled individual in the US recently, still it is his generosity to non-profit organizations and his undreamt of business achivements that make him such a interesting man. The Blackstone Group co-founder is inspiring and his life goes to prove that success in life may be achieved by putting in the hours and being really focused your job. In the eighties Steve co-founded the Blackstone Group with Peter Peterson; initially as a private-equity and financial advisory company. Of course, the Blackstone Group is nowadays one of the foremost m&a firms in the U.S.. Steve spent his early years in the suburbs of Philadelphia. After high school he decided on an undergraduate degree course at Yale. He took on a program of post graduate study at the internationally esteemed Harvard Business school in Cambridge, MA. After finishing his MBA, Steve started a career in investment banking. By the age of 31, he was already one of their managing directors.
Stephen A. Schwarzman volunteered his services as an ancillary professor at the influential Yale School of Business Management as well as supporting many non-profit organizations, education, and the arts. He is the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in New York, NY. On top of all that, Steve only last March gifted to the New York Public Library a hundred million dollars to assist in their building project. He is also one of the trustees of the library.
It’s no surprise that Steve Schwarzman is now one of the United States’ elite — last year he was mentioned as one of Time Magazine’s 100 Most Influential People in the World in recognition of his world-wide influence in business and finance. His quick rise in the business and financial sectors is nothing short of spectacular, and coupled with his readiness to give to the community through his generous donations to the arts and education projects galvanizes people who are now following his example.
So the financial industry waits in anticipation to see what Steve will do next. So, to summarize, Stephen A. Schwarzman is an individual who has taken the best advantage of every opportunity given to him, but he has at the same time made excellent use of his wealth as a means to embetter the lives of those around him.
