87/100BBlackstone company profile
- CEO
- Stephen Allen Schwarzman
- Employees
- 5,285
- Headquarters
- 345 Park Avenue, New York City, NY 10154, US
- Sector
- Financial Services
- Industry
- Asset Management
- IPO date
- 22 Jun 2007
- Stock exchange
- NYSE
- ISIN
- US09260D1072
Website:blackstone.com
About the company
Blackstone Inc. operates as a prominent alternative asset manager, specializing in a broad spectrum of investment strategies. Its expertise encompasses real estate, private equity, credit solutions, comprehensive hedge fund offerings, public debt and equity, multi-asset class approaches, and secondary funds of funds. While often backing nascent businesses, the firm also extends its services to capital markets. Its real estate division targets diverse opportunities: high-potential opportunistic ventures, core-plus assets, and stable, income-generating commercial properties. Additionally, it engages in debt investments secured by commercial real estate. These activities span North America, Europe, and Asia. Blackstone's global private equity arm executes varied transactions, including substantial buyouts, mid-market acquisitions, special situations, and distressed mortgage loans. They also manage "buy and build" platforms, which involve consolidating multiple acquisitions under a single management team, alongside growth equity and development projects, often taking significant majority stakes or minority positions in operating companies. The scope of its investments covers sectors like shipping, real estate, corporate and consumer debt, and greenfield alternative energy projects in energy, power, and property development. The firm actively seeks opportunities in dislocated markets, shipping, financial institution breakups, reinsurance, and initiatives aimed at improving freight mobility. Key industry focuses further include financial services, healthcare, life sciences, enterprise technology, and consumer goods, including consumer tech. Beyond these, it actively explores investment prospects across Asia and Latin America, typically maintaining a three-year investment period for its ventures. The hedge fund business provides a broad range of commingled and customized fund solutions. Concurrently, its credit division concentrates on loans and securities issued by non-investment grade entities. These span the entire capital structure, encompassing senior debt, subordinated debt, preferred stock, and common equity. Established in 1985, Blackstone Inc. is headquartered in New York City, with a significant global presence through additional offices throughout Asia, Europe, and North America.
Employees
Blackstone had about 5,285 employees at the end of fiscal year 2025 (31 December 2025), by its annual report. That is 8.0% more than a year before.
Employees at each fiscal year end, as the company reports them in its annual report (10-K); revenue and net income per employee are the fiscal year's over that count.
Who owns Blackstone
Institutions such as funds, banks and insurers held 71.8% of Blackstone's shares on 30 June 2026, 2,259 of them reporting holdings to the SEC; the rest is held by individual investors and other shareholders.
Shares free to trade
Closely held shares belong to insiders, founders and owners of more than 5%, and seldom change hands. The free float is the rest: the shares anyone can buy and sell.
Common questions about Blackstone
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