Blackstone
Asset Manager Hedge / Listed Equity Private Equity Est. 1985
≈USD 1,368.3B
Firm FUM
Assets under management, stated by Blackstone Q3 2026 Earnings Supplement, 2026 · source
- Type
- Asset Manager
- HQ
- New York, NY, United States
- Founded
- 1985
- Focus
- Consumer · Financial Services · Healthcare & Life Sciences · Technology
About
Blackstone is a global alternative asset manager investing across private equity, real estate, credit and insurance, multi-asset, secondaries, tactical opportunities, infrastructure, life sciences, growth and energy transition strategies.
Strategies
Public Equity
Buyout
Real Estate
Total AUM
As of Mar 31, 2026 · strategy
$315B
Source Private Credit
Secondaries
Infrastructure
Total AUM
As of Mar 31, 2026 · strategy
$80.6B
Source Liquid Credit
Growth Equity
Hedge Strategies
Venture Debt
Firm-wide scale
Total AUM · Mar 31, 2026 $1.3TSource
Firm-wide figures are not presented as strategy-specific AUM.
Investment Focus
Across the firm
Sources
Profile sources
- blackstone.com — Consumer, Financial Services, Healthcare & Life Sciences, Technology
- blackstone.com — Total AUM
- blackstone.com — Total AUM
Investment Criteria
Investment Stages
Stages
Growth Public
Investment Geographies
Primary Markets
United States United Kingdom Hong Kong China Denmark Ireland
Coverage
Global Regions
North America Europe Asia South America Oceania Middle East
Coverage is a guide only.
Location
Office Presence
16 countries
United States Australia Brazil China Denmark France Germany Hong Kong
+8 more
33 known offices
New York, NY, United States (HQ)
Sydney, NSW, Australia
SP, Brazil
Beijing, China
Shanghai Shi, China
Hellerup, Denmark
Paris, Ile-de-france, France
Dusseldorf, NRW, Germany
Frankfurt, HE, Germany
Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong
Shanghai, Hong Kong
Seoul, Hong Kong
Mumbai, Hong Kong
Beijing, Hong Kong
Mumbai, MH, India
County Dublin, Ireland
Minato, Tokyo, Japan
Luxembourg, District De Luxembourg
Zurich, Luxembourg
Tel Aviv, Luxembourg
Abu Dhabi, Luxembourg
Paris, Luxembourg
Tokyo, Singapore
Sydney, Singapore
Seoul, South Korea
UAE
England, United Kingdom
Baltimore, MD, United States
Houston, TX, United States
Santa Monica, CA, United States
San Francisco, CA, United States
Wayne, PA, United States
Miami, FL, United States
Fundraising
Blackstone Capital Opportunities Fund V
Tactical Opportunities Apr 7, 2026
USD 10B
Blackstone Life Sciences VI
Life Sciences Mar 30, 2026
USD 6.3B
Blackstone Secondaries Fund
Secondaries 2026 - First close
USD 5B
source Deals & Activity
Tracked Deals
1
Most common deal types
Unknown (1)
Recent tracked deals
Norm
2026
$120M
Related M&A transactions
Transactions where this investor is a matched buyer or seller.
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