One Man’s Incredible Story — Stephen Schwarzman
14 October 2009If you haven’t come across the story of Stephen A. Schwarzman, you should pay attention. Recently Steve was named as the 53rd most well-to-do person in the United States of America by Forbes Magazine, even so it’s not money that makes this tale interesting but Steve’s undreamt of accomplishments in the business and finance sector and his patronage of the liberal arts. This goes to show that the greatest things in a successful life are devoted hard work and focused commitment. The Blackstone Group was established by Steve and Peter Peterson as a business providing top of the market investment advice and private-equity. And as everyone knows, the Blackstone Group is presently one of the leading M&A companies in the U.S.. Spending many of his childhood years in near Philadelphia, PA, Steve got his schooling in the Philadelphia suburbs. After graduating from high school he opted to study at the well known Yale University and obtained his degree in 1969. Next, he decided to advance his education at the internationally acclaimed Harvard Business School, graduating in 1972. Then he began his career with Lehman Brothers investment bank, situated in New York, NY. By his thirty-second birthday he was already on the board of directors.
Stephen A. Schwarzman gives financial support to a range of educational programs as well as teaching as an ancillary professor at the renowned Yale School of Management. Moreover, he is Chairman of the Board of Trustees at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in NYC. In addition, to return even more to his community, he told the American public in March of 2008 that he had committed $100 million to the New York Public Library to help them enlarge their capacity. He is also one of the trustees of the library.
Stephen A. Schwarzman is nowadays a role model to successful business people — Times Magazine last year named him as one of the one hundred most influential people on earth. His quick rise to power in the business and financial industries is nothing short of amazing, not to mention the fact that his unstinting support of the arts and educational projects has encouraged everyone around him.
It would seem that at the moment, Steve can do no wrong. All in all, Steve Schwarzman has had an important influence on the business and financial communities and to the world as a whole.
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