Gray joined blackstone s management committee 11 years ago and the board six years ago. October 18, 2019 the times center, new york city 2020. Lets look at the criteria one by one in the context of blackstone. Jonathan gray global head of real estate member of blackstone board of directors jonathan pollack global head of breds senior managing director. Gaw capital partners recognized as the winner of asia firm. Blackstone gain on hilton to rank with biggest in private. Christopher nassetta previously worked for host hotels and resorts as coo later became ceo hired by jonathan gray of blackstone group as president and ceo for hilton in 2007 made a worldwide hilton tour began changes in organizational structure people were living in ivory towers. This is a proposed agenda for this meeting, to the extent known, and the new jersey state investment council may consider and take action on such other business as may come before.
Jonathan gray, blackstone s real estate chief and a possible heir to stephen schwarzman. You think about us typically buying troubled assets, taking more risk, more of a turnaround nature, jonathan gray, blackstone s global head of real estate, said. The hilton in midtown and jonathan gray blackstone group sold its remaining shares in hilton hotels, an 11year investment that many questions at first but turned out to be the most profitable. The strategys very simple, jonathan gray, blackstone s global head of real estate, says in a promotional video explaining the companys. Two real estate legends, jonathan gray of blackstone and sam zell of the equity group investments, provided perspectives on real estate investment and market direction in two separate fireside chats. A serious student of origins and prehistory, he has investigated numerous archaeological sites, and has also penetrated some largely unexplored areas, including parts of the amazon headwaters. Jonathan gray, joseph baratta, david foley, david calhoun and dwight scott. Jonathan gray, blackstone john lykouretzos, hoplite capital matt halbower, pentwater capital michael sacks, gcm grosvenor debra cafaro, ventas josh wolfe, lux capital leah joy zell, lizard investors william heard, heard capital arthur kaz, greenbriar asset management event details when.
The org chart of blackstone group contains its 1089 main executives including stephen schwarzman, michael chae, jonathan gray and john stecher. The ifk report 2017 invest for kids chicago ron levin. Blackstone takes its singlefamily rental bet public as. Jonathan gray, global head of real estate at blackstone, told cnbc in an interview in october that housing is still a bright spot in the. Blackstone tactical opportunities is an investment program that seeks to generate attractive riskadjusted returns. Apa formatting book citation collins j2001 good to. Jonathan gray blackstone group commercial real estate. An analysis of the hilton hotels buyout by blackstone. A large part of the story is we really transformed the business, nassetta said, noting that his own relationship with blackstone and with gray.
Gray born 1970, global head of real estate of blackstone group. Blackstone was a leading real estate private equity company, owing more than 100,000 hotels rooms in the u. Jonathan gray, blackstone 11 chief investment officers report open session open informational christopher ailman 18 12 corporate governance update 2017 proxy season open informational anne sheehan 1 31. Gray has helped build the largest real estate platform in the world. Blackstone president jonathan gray, who until recently was head of the firms real estate arm and put together the hilton deal, will remain chairman of the mclean, virginiabased hotel company. October 18, 2019 the times center, new york city 37th annual cornell real estate conference welcome from the conference cochairs the cornell real estate council crec is pleased to host cornells 37th annual. The reason, rather, was the strategic way blackstone and specifically jonathan gray, blackstone s global head of real estate and the architect of the hilton deal slowly brought down the deals debt and increased the value of its equity. Gray discussed the current investment environment, discussing opportunities in various geographies and industries. The insiders weekly guide to the commercial mortgage. Objectivity aside, we think this is a good definition for what a great business should be. Chicago blackstone group, a private equity real estate investor with about $81 billion under management, has reached an agreement to buy chicagos iconic. King of capital the inside story of blackstone and the. The investor who said this is jonathan gray, blackstone s chief operating officer and mr.
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Finally, lets see if jonathan gray, a senior managing director at blackstone, lives up to his statement, we are committed to investing in the company and working with hiltons outstanding owners and franchisees to continue to grow and enhance the business. Raj introduced guest speaker jonathan gray, president and chief operating officer of blackstone. He asked whether ancient civilisations might not only have attained our present knowledge, but a. What its like to be a summer analyst at blackstone. I am reminded of the question that was posed by the eminent british scientist frederick soddy, winner of a nobel prize in physics. Blackstone and ivanhoe intend on holding the assetwhich was originally built by metlife as a postwar, middleclass rental communityas a longterm play. Bxmt is a reit that originates senior commercial mortgage. Jonathan gray has travelled the world to gather data on ancient mysteries. Eop turned out to be one of blackstone s most profitable investments ever. Hey, malaysians, no matter which parties, which candidates u voted for, they all sold u out to china. He and blackstone s jonathan gray had known each other for 15 years. Jonathan gray is global head of real estate and a member of the board of directors of blackstone.
Jonathan gray, is the global head of real estate and a member of the board of directors of blackstone and is based in new york. Jonathan gray coo, blackstone group we bought hilton worldwide at the time the largest hotel company in the world in 2007, and by late 08, early 09, people said that that was one of the worst investments ever made. Three years ago, they brought me into the engine room, he said. Gray has been at the new yorkbased firm for a long time, joining out of college in 1992. King of capital gives readers the inside story of how gray beat out vornado in a hardfought contest to take over equity office properties in 2007, and how his team sold off many of eops office towers just before the real estate market crashed.