Blackstone founder Stephen Schwarzman is said to have plans to donate his entire $48 billion fortune to a major philanthropic foundation. The Wall Street Journal reported that Schwarzman and his team are planning a major expansion of the Stephen A. Schwarzman Foundation, which reported $65 million in total assets in 2024. .Schwarzman is a signatory to the Giving Pledge, which encourages the world’s wealthiest individuals to donate most of their fortunes to charitable causes.
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Although often confused because of their similar names, Blackstone Inc. and BlackRock Inc. are separate companies today, even if they share a common origin. BlackRock was founded in 1988 as a fixed-income investment unit within Blackstone, then led by Stephen Schwarzman and Peter G. Peterson. The unit was run by Larry Fink, who later led its separation after strategic disagreements. By 1994, BlackRock had split from Blackstone, and Blackstone sold its remaining stake the following year, leaving the two firms to grow independently into global titans of asset management. That distinction matters in the Nigerian context: in 2024, BlackRock — not Blackstone — acquired Global Infrastructure Partners, the firm co-founded by Nigerian-born financier Adebayo Ogunlesi, in a landmark $12.5 billion transaction, bringing Ogunlesi into BlackRock’s senior leadership and underscoring the presence of Nigerian capital and expertise at the highest levels of global finance.
