Blackstone Group

Blackstone Group

New York, United StatesEst. 19854735 employeeswww.blackstone.com
$1.00T AUM
buyoutprivate equityinfrastructurereal estategrowthprivate debt
Blackstone is the world’s largest alternative asset manager. We seek to deliver compelling returns for institutional and individual investors by strengthening the companies in which we invest. Our more than $1 trillion in assets under management include global investment strategies focused on real estate, private equity, infrastructure, life sciences, growth equity, credit, real assets, secondaries and hedge funds.

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Blackstone Energy TransitionBuyout
We enable leading energy companies to build enterprises at scale that can deliver clean, reliable and affordable energy to help meet global needs. Blackstone Energy Transition Partners is Blackstone’s energy-focused private equity business, a leading energy investor with a successful long-term record, having invested over $23.5 billion of equity globally across a broad range of sectors within the energy industry. Our investment philosophy is based on backing exceptional management teams with flexible capital to provide solutions that help energy companies grow and improve performance, thereby delivering cleaner, more reliable and affordable energy to meet the needs of the global community. We employ a flexible investment strategy that enables us to invest across the entire energy transition value chain, including high quality equipment, service and technology providers, and large-scale infrastructure projects that contribute to decarbonization. Energy Transition
Private EquityGrowth
We play a vital role in helping companies realize their growth potential. We uncover and unlock value by identifying great companies with untapped potential and enhancing their performance. Our investment approach is based on a disciplined due diligence process that measures risk while identifying the catalysts for increased value. We engage only in friendly transactions and work with talented management teams to achieve positive results. We strive to create value by investing in great businesses where our capital, strategic insight, global relationships and operational support can drive transformation. When we partner with a business, we focus on building it to last. Our staying power, drawn from the scale and breadth of the platform we’ve grown over 35 years, helps our companies withstand market cycles and succeed for the long term.
InfrastructureInfrastructure
We seek to apply a long-term buy-and-hold strategy to large-scale infrastructure assets with a focus on delivering stable, long-term capital appreciation together with a predictable annual cash flow yield. We seek to drive value enhancement through a disciplined, operationally focused mindset, greater accountability and transparency, and direct engagement throughout the diligence and asset management process. We are committed to being a careful steward of our investors’ capital through our development of resilient companies and competitive assets that support climate solutions and the energy transition and deliver long-term value for our investors.
Blackstone Life Sciences (BXLS)Growth
Our goal is to bring vital medicines and technologies to market by designing, funding and executing clinical trials for products generally in late-stage development. We collaborate with pharmaceutical, biotech and medical technology companies to aim to address unmet medical needs that have the potential to improve the quality of life for patients around the world. BXLS combines its clinical, commercial and operational expertise with Blackstone’s global network, access to capital, and infrastructure. We commit our skill and scale to select, fund and advance what we believe to be the most promising life science products and companies through hands-on involvement and directly applied expertise. We seek to deliver attractive value at lower risk through strategies like funding the late-stage development of innovative core products from highly credible counterparties.
Credit & InsurancePrivate Debt
Blackstone is one of the largest credit asset managers in the world. We aim to provide investors with attractive risk-adjusted returns and borrowers with the capital they need to strengthen and grow their businesses. We invest across the credit markets, managing leading strategies that target sectors with strong fundamentals. Our platform has evolved alongside the credit markets. This longevity allows us to draw from a deep well of trusted relationships to originate opportunities on behalf of our clients. Our complete capital solutions span the liquidity and risk spectrum, and our close partnerships with borrowers allow us to pinpoint additional opportunities to create value.
Real EstateReal Estate
We invest thematically in high-quality assets, focusing where we see outsized growth potential driven by global economic and demographic trends. Our vast portfolio provides us with proprietary information across every major real estate asset class in virtually every major market around the world, allowing us to identify themes and invest capital with conviction. Our people are our advantage. Our team of nearly 900 real estate professionals across 12 offices operates as one globally integrated business, allowing us to identify the opportunities and limits of each potential transaction through one investment review process. Scale is one of our greatest strengths. The breadth of our existing portfolio gives us differentiated perspectives across sectors and geographies, while our significant discretionary capital base enables us to execute large and complex transactions.

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