“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.”

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.