“China on the world stage, in terms of interaction with the rest of the world, has been relatively very new due to the long isolation period until Deng Xiaoping's times.”

American businessman

Stephen A. Schwarzman is an American businessman and investor, born in 1947. He is chairman and chief executive of Blackstone Inc. and is known for building the private equity firm into a major global force after co-founding it in 1985 with Peter G. Peterson. Schwarzman has also been active in politics and public policy. He chaired President Donald Trump's Strategic and Policy Forum, and he was a major Republican donor during the 2024 election cycle.