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How the Blackstone Board Built a $1 Trillion Asset Machine
This episode of Boardroom Conversations examines how Blackstone's board navigated the firm's transformation from a boutique advisory shop in 1985 to the world's largest alternative asset manager with over $1 trillion in assets under management. Lucas and Luna focus on the board's role in overseeing the expansion from leveraged buyouts into real estate, credit, infrastructure, and private wealth — while managing founder succession, public listing on the New York Stock Exchange, and regulatory scrutiny. Concrete case: the board's decision to approve the 2007 IPO despite…
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