An Interview with Mr. Stephen Schwarzman, Chairman, CEO and Co-founder of Blackstone

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10’s Are Made, Not Born (卓越源自磨砺)

- An Interview with Mr. Stephen Schwarzman, Chairman, CEO and Co-founder of Blackstone

 

Time: 8AM EST on Nov 17th, 2020

Location: YouTube Live (Link will be sent after registration)

 

Registration Link: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/an-interview-with-mr-stephen-schwarzman-tickets-127568832813

 

Topics:

  1. Build on a vision: Training future leaders to transform the world
  2. Tens always make it rain: Scoring a 10 out of 10 in an interview and on a job
  3. Don’s miss the can’t miss opportunities: Investing through market ups and downs

 

Stephen Schwarzman

Stephen A. Schwarzman
Chairman, CEO and Co-Founder
Blackstone

 

Stephen A. Schwarzman is Chairman, CEO and Co-Founder of Blackstone, a leading global investment firm with $584 billion in AUM (as of September 30, 2020) and businesses in private equity, real estate, hedge funds, credit, infrastructure and life sciences.

 

In both business and philanthropy, he dedicates himself to tackling big problems with transformative solutions. His major gifts have helped establish a new center at the University of Oxford to redefine the study of the humanities for the 21st century, create a new college at MIT dedicated to the study of artificial intelligence, build a first-of-its-kind student center at Yale, renovate and expand the New York Public Library, and found an international fellowship program, Schwarzman Scholars, at Tsinghua University in Beijing to educate future leaders about China.

 

Mr. Schwarzman is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, Business Roundtable, and International Business Council of the WEF. He was named one of Barron’s “World’s Best CEO’s” in 2019; one of Forbes’ Top 50 “World’s Most Powerful People” in 2018; Forbes’ most influential person in finance in 2016; and one of TIME’s “100 Most Influential People” in 2007. His honors include the Légion d'Honneur and Ordre des Arts et des Lettres from France, and Order of the Aztec Eagle from Mexico. 

 

In 2019, Mr. Schwarzman published his first book, What It Takes: Lessons in the Pursuit of Excellence, a New York Times best seller which draws on his experiences in business, philanthropy, and public service.

 

 

Co-Moderator:

Jian Hu, Managing Director, Structured Finance, Moody’s Investors Service

Hao Zhou, Associate Dean of PBC School of Finance at Tsinghua University

 

Co-Organizer:

Tsinghua Alumni Association of Greater New York

Tsinghua University PBC School of Finance