Stephen Schwarzman’s story is one of generosity and a willingness to work hard. A year ago Stephen Schwarzman placed number fifty three on the list of the most well-to-do individuals in the United States, but it’s not merely money that makes this story so absorbing but in addition Stephen’s incredible rise to power in the financial sector and his patronage of the arts. This Blackstone Group financial giant is inspiring and his life demonstrates that dedication and hard work are key to achieving success.
In 1985 Stephen co-founded the Blackstone Group with his partner Peter Peterson, initially as an equity management and financial advisory firm. Of course, the Blackstone Group evolved into the world famous company it is nowadays.
Having called Philadelphia home for much of his young life, Stephen A. Schwarzman attended school in the Abington School District. When he graduated from high school he went on to study further at the elevated Yale University in Connecticut and was awarded his degree in 1969. He took on a program of post graduate study at the internationally renowned Harvard Business school near Boston, Massachusetts. After Yale he would join the team at Lehman Brothers. By the unusually early age of thirty one, he was already a director.
Not only does Stephen offer his time to a variety of non-profit organizations, but in addition he has also volunteered as a non-faculty professor at Yale. He is the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in New York, New York. Furthermore, Stephen just last spring contributed to the New York Public Library 100,000,000 dollars to support their construction project. In fact the library named their new extension the “Stephen A. Schwarzman Building”. As you’d expect Stephen A. Schwarzman is now one of America’s elite — As one of Times Magazine’s 100 Most Influential People alive, Stephen is now widely followed by the papers and influencing economies globally. His supremacy in the financial sector has been dramatic, not to mention the fact that his support of music and the arts has been an encouragement to those around him.
So the US awaits Stephen’s next project. Stephen Schwarzman is no doubt a fascinating person who has left his mark on the United States and the business community that serves it.












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