Stephen A. Schwarzman Quotes


Today, whenever I'm under pressure to make a decision on a transaction but I don't know what the right one is, I try desperately to postpone it. I'll insist on more information - on doing extra laps around the intellectual parking lot - before committing. I take the same approach with people, too.


Citations

Schwarzman, Stephen A. What It Takes: Lessons in the Pursuit of Excellence. Simon & Schuster, 2019.

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Stephen A. Schwarzman
Stephen A. Schwarzman
  • Born: February 14, 1947
  • Nationality: American
  • Profession: Co-Founder, Chairman & CEO The Blackstone Group

Stephen Allen Schwarzman is an American businessman, investor and philanthropist. He is the chairman and CEO of The Blackstone Group, a global private equity firm he established in 1985 with former chairman and CEO of Lehman Brothers and US Secretary of Commerce Peter G. Peterson. Schwarzman briefly served as Chairman of President Donald Trump's Strategic and Policy Forum.