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Vice chairman, The Blackstone Group

Nationality: American.

Born: February 3, 1951, in Wyandotte, Michigan.

Education: Harvard College, BA, 1973; Harvard Business School, MBA, 1975.

Family: Son of Hamilton and Waleska; Married Amabel Boyce, 1973; children: three.

Career: Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette, 1975–1982, investment banking associate to chair of banking group; 1982–1995, head, global mergers and acquisitions department; 1995–2000, chairman, banking group; Credit Suisse First Boston, 2000–2002, cochief, global investment banking; 2002, chairman, global investment banking and private equity; Blackstone...