
What It Takes
2019 · 384 pages · Hardcover
Schwarzman’s reflections on building a career and a financial business.
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Stephen A. Schwarzman co-founded Blackstone after a career that included leading mergers and acquisitions at Lehman Brothers. His philanthropic work has supported education, culture, and the arts, including Schwarzman Scholars at Tsinghua University. This memoir brings those business and institutional experiences together through his personal account of how ambitious projects get organized and executed.
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2019 · 384 pages · Hardcover
Schwarzman’s reflections on building a career and a financial business.
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