Blackstone Inc. is an alternative asset management firm specializing in private equity, real estate, hedge fund solutions, credit, secondary funds of funds, public debt and equity, and multi-asset class strategies. The firm typically invests in early-stage, seed, middle market, mature, late venture, growth capital, emerging growth, and later stage companies. It also provides capital markets services.
The real estate segment specializes in opportunistic, core+ investments as well as debt investment opportunities collateralized by commercial real estate and stabilized income-oriented commercial real estate across North America, Europe, and Asia.
The firm's corporate private equity business pursues transactions throughout the world across a variety of transaction types, including large buyouts, recapitalization, special situations, distressed mortgage loans, mid-cap buyouts, and buy and build platforms, which involves multiple acquisitions behind a single management team and platform.
Additionally, the firm engages in growth equity and development projects involving significant majority stakes in portfolio companies and minority investments in operating companies. These investments span various sectors, including shipping, real estate, corporate or consumer loans, and alternative energy greenfield development projects in energy and power.
Blackstone also focuses on dislocated markets, shipping opportunities, financial institution breakups, re-insurance, and improving freight mobility. Other areas of investment include financial services, cargo, data processing, oil & gas production, oil & gas refining, oil & gas storage, building products, home entertainment, B2B, consumer electronics, home supply stores, lodging, commercial services & supplies, metal & mineral mining machinery, coal, hazardous waste collection, solid waste collection, wastewater treatment, renewable electricity, equity REITs, and power generation by nuclear & fossil fuels.
The firm also invests in personal loan services, chemicals, other specialty retail, biotech, pharmaceuticals, metal, aerospace, healthcare, cable, entertainment services, infrastructure services, and transportation infrastructure.
