Bring in show music, please. >> This is SquawkPod and I'm CNBC producer Cameron Costa. On today's episode, [music] 40 years of Blackstone, the world's largest alternative asset manager, is not slowing down, and neither is its CEO and co-founder, Steve Schwarzman.>> We never [music] stop innovating. We never stop pushing. We always believe that we have smart competitors.his view on the Federal Reserve's [music] rate cut agenda and on China after four years of chilly relations. >> Both China and the US have l ...

Well, I I think what's happening is that we've got rapid expansion. It's it being done principally uh by five or six companies um almost all of them, not all, uh are great credits. Uh and so what we do is quite simple in a way.We're the largest in the world building data centers. Uh and we're the largest owner of data centers. Uh but it's very conservative >> picks and shovels.uh type of business. And what we do is we build these enormous uh facilities and basically Jensen Wong fills them up uh with semis a ...

Blackstone has completed a debt deal tied to a string of British warehouses to fund its recent buyout of Warehouse REIT, according to a person familiar with the matter https://t.co/vyDFwb11dM ...

Blackstone CEO Steve Schwarzman brushed aside talk of a bubble surrounding the data centers powering artificial intelligence, saying the business is conservative https://t.co/0Vq9gqJvAg ...

Partnerships - Blackstone 正在与 Revolut 探索合作，可能通过 Revolut 的平台提供其基金 [1] Industry Impact - 这次合作可能使全球最大的另类资产管理公司 Blackstone 能够接触到 Revolut 的 fintech 平台用户 [1]

Company Overview - The company was founded 40 years ago with an initial capital of $400,000 and has grown to a market capitalization of approximately $187 billion, peaking at $240 billion [2][4] - The firm has expanded its business model beyond private equity to include various new money management areas, maintaining a strategic focus on diversification [4][5] Business Strategy - The company has developed a broad platform with 85 strategies, growing from a single strategy, and currently manages nearly $1.3 trillion in assets [6][7] - The firm emphasizes careful selection of new products, introducing about two new products per year over the last 40 years, ensuring they are beneficial for customers and performance [7] Data Center Investment - A significant recent initiative includes becoming a major owner of data centers, which is seen as a crucial area for growth, particularly in relation to artificial intelligence [8][10] - The company acquired QTS for $10 billion in 2021, and this investment has reportedly increased in value, now being 14 times larger than at the time of purchase [11]

Blackstone turned 40 this year. And right on cue, a midlife crisis has taken hold. https://t.co/CUBvN8HP7o ...

Blackstone, Carlyle among PE firms that more than doubled their initial investments with Medline's IPO https://t.co/GZomULdxB1 ...

Blue Owl Capital will not fund Oracle’s (NYSE: ORCL) 1 GW AI datacenter project in Saline, Michigan, according to the Financial Times who spoke to sources close to the matter. Oracle reported a cloud revenue miss in its most recent quarterly results while increasing its 2026 capital expenditure outlook to $50 billion. The Financial Times reported negotiations faltered amid lender concerns over Oracle’s capital expenditures and increasing debt. Specifically, lenders asked for “stricter leasing and debt t ...

Blackstone has teamed up with almost 80 different partners as the firm looks to tap into the ranks of Europe’s wealthy investors while navigating its balkanized patchwork of regulations https://t.co/O9JRAJWG2y ...