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Jonathan Gray

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Bloomberg Talks
Blackstone President Jonathan Gray Talks Q3 Earnings

Not really.

Bloomberg Talks
Blackstone President Jonathan Gray Talks Q3 Earnings

We're an organically focused business.

Bloomberg Talks
Blackstone President Jonathan Gray Talks Q3 Earnings

We're celebrating our 40th anniversary over that period of time since Pete and Steve founded the firm.

Bloomberg Talks
Blackstone President Jonathan Gray Talks Q3 Earnings

There have been a small number of acquisitions, relatively small in the scheme of the firm.

Bloomberg Talks
Blackstone President Jonathan Gray Talks Q3 Earnings

We would look for those type of acquisitions that give us some intellectual capital and capabilities we have.

Bloomberg Talks
Blackstone President Jonathan Gray Talks Q3 Earnings

But in general, we find we don't want to buy AUM from another firm because we can raise capital.

Bloomberg Talks
Blackstone President Jonathan Gray Talks Q3 Earnings

For us, what we really want is great talent to move into a space.

Bloomberg Talks
Blackstone President Jonathan Gray Talks Q3 Earnings

We did this more recently, maybe seven years ago in life sciences.

Bloomberg Talks
Blackstone President Jonathan Gray Talks Q3 Earnings

We did it 10 or so years ago in the secondaries business.

Bloomberg Talks
Blackstone President Jonathan Gray Talks Q3 Earnings

So it would be very interesting

Bloomberg Talks
Blackstone President Jonathan Gray Talks Q3 Earnings

tactical, where we're getting a capability we don't have.

Bloomberg Talks
Blackstone President Jonathan Gray Talks Q3 Earnings

But in general, we found we can continue to grow this business organically.

Bloomberg Talks
Blackstone President Jonathan Gray Talks Q3 Earnings

The rates of growth have been quite strong over time.

Bloomberg Talks
Blackstone President Jonathan Gray Talks Q3 Earnings

And it's because investors have so much confidence in us.

Bloomberg Talks
Blackstone President Jonathan Gray Talks Q3 Earnings

So

Bloomberg Talks
Blackstone President Jonathan Gray Talks Q3 Earnings

I think of us as an organic business building firm, and I think that's the path we'll continue on.

Bloomberg Talks
Blackstone President Jonathan Gray Talks Q3 Earnings

The exception is if we found something very special that we could add to the firm.

Bloomberg Talks
Blackstone President Jonathan Gray Talks Q3 Earnings

My expectation, though, is that would be pretty small relative to the overall firm.

Bloomberg Talks
Blackstone President Jonathan Gray Talks Q3 Earnings

Well, I would say it's a little bit of a harder task in aggregate, but there are elements of what our people do where we can continue to improve their productivity and have them do things they frankly don't enjoy doing.

Bloomberg Talks
Blackstone President Jonathan Gray Talks Q3 Earnings

We've seen huge evolutions in the 33 years I've been in this business.