Blackstone’s global head of real estate, Jonathan Gray, will take the reins as president and chief operating officer of the US private equity giant effective March 1. The 26-year Blackstone veteran will take over day-to-day management of the New York-based… Read More>>
Blackstone Chief Presents Brand of the Year Award to HNA
Chinese conglomerate HNA has faced a barrage of bad news lately, as four of its mainland-listed companies halted trading and the once super-buyer has now turned high-interest borrower.
There was at least a ray of sunshine for the airlines to… Read More>>
Blackstone Deepens China Ties with Tsinghua Scholarship Program
Private equity billionaire Stephen A Schwarzman, whose Blackstone Group has been an aggressive investor in China, last weekend marked the start of a new $435 million elite scholarship program at Beijing’s Tsinghua University campus. Schwarzman Scholars welcomed its inaugural class… Read More>>
Blackstone Hires Liping Zhang as Greater China Chairman
Blackstone today named Liping Zhang as its new Chairman for Greater China, filling a role which had been vacant for more than a year, as China continues to lead the world in merger and acquisition activity.
Zhang, who previously served… Read More>>
Blackstone Prefers China’s Warehouses Over Residential
The head of alternative investment giant Blackstone finds China’s warehouses more interesting than luxury apartments, and just might be in the market for office buildings or shopping malls.
Stephen Schwarzman, chairman and CEO of the US-based private equity firm was… Read More>>
China Real Estate Giants Now Investing in Harvard
Not content with buying buildings in New York or purchasing Picassos, China’s real estate moguls are now investing in Ivy League universities.
Harvard University announced on Monday that it is receiving a gift of “university-wide, interdisciplinary support” from Chinese property… Read More>>
