= Overview =
<p style="text-align: right;">[[File:BlackstoneLBL.jpg|border|BlackstoneLBL.jpg]]</p><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;"><span style="font-size:medium;">Blackstone is a global alternative investment firm established in 1985. They currently have 230 billion in assets, and they went public in 2007. From their own description:</span></spanp>
<span style="font-family:georgia,serif;"><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="color: rgb(94, 94, 94); line-height: 17px;">"Blackstone is the world’s largest independent alternative asset manager, serving the investment needs of leading </span></span></span><span style="color: rgb(94, 94, 94); line-height: 17px; font-size: medium; font-family: georgia, serif;">public pension funds, academic and charitable institutions and other investors for more than 25 years. Our funds include private equity funds, real estate funds, customized hedge fund solution funds, credit-oriented funds and publicly traded closed end mutual funds. In addition, we provide investment advice and management services to institutional investors through a variety of separately managed accounts. "</span>