Blackstone's $80 Trillion Opportunity

With $1 trillion in assets and unrivaled returns, the private equity giant has conquered Wall Street, but its 76-year old founder, Steve Schwarzman, isn’t finished. He wants total domination overseas as well— and the firm’s crown prince, Jonathan gray, has built an ingenious weapon targeting vast amounts of global wealth.By Sergei Klebnikov, Forbes Staff and Matt Schifrin, Forbes StaffIt is September 2023. Blackstone’s billionaire founder and CEO, Steve Schwarzman, is in Paris ming­ling with his senior Euro ...