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I love picking people. I started Blackstone, and we had no people, and now we have with our portfolio companies about 750,000 people all over the world. Everybody who is at a senior level has ultimately been picked by me.

Stephen A. Schwarzman

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Stephen A. Schwarzman
Age: 77
Born: 1947
Born: February 14
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