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Blackstone Becomes First $1tr Private Equity Manager

Private Equity Insights

It rose to prominence with leveraged buyouts, the kinds of transactions made famous by “Barbarians at the Gate” and other chronicles of 1980s finance. That sort of growth helped transform Blackstone from depending on striking deals for the majority of its fees to becoming an asset gatherer that can charge management fees on funds it oversees.