Blackstone’s CEO has been involved with Trump, interestingly. Posted it in another comment on the matter, as I was a little surprised, as I thought I’d remembered something about them being associated.
Stephen Allen Schwarzman (born February 14, 1947) is an American businessman. He is the chairman and CEO of the private equity firm Blackstone Inc., which he established in 1985 with Peter G. Peterson. Schwarzman was chairman of President Donald Trump’s Strategic and Policy Forum.[1]
In October 2025, Schwarzman was named by the White House as a donor to the construction of the White House State Ballroom, a proposed 90,000-square-foot expansion of the East Wing.[52]
In November 2025, Schwartzman attended a red carpet dinner at the White House for Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. Bin Salman, invited by President Donald Trump, was making his first visit to the United States since the 2018 killing of Jamal Khashoggi, which U.S. intelligence implicated bin Salman in.[53]
Blackstone’s CEO has been involved with Trump, interestingly. Posted it in another comment on the matter, as I was a little surprised, as I thought I’d remembered something about them being associated.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_A._Schwarzman