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Stephen Schwarzman on What It Takes
The Wall Street Journal interviewed Blackstone CEO Steve Schwarzman (MBA 1972) about his new book, “What It Takes: Lessons in the Pursuit of Excellence,” which was released this week.
The article includes scenes of Schwarzman’s early life that are chronicled in the book, including a young Schwarzman pushing his storekeeper father to expand his business and successfully convincing Little Anthony and the Imperials to play at his high school. An early chapter that details his younger years is aptly titled “Go Big”, the article notes, a motto which Schwarzman still lives by, with a goal of Blackstone reaching $1 trillion in assets by 2026. “The way I approach life is I only have so much time and so much energy,” Schwarzman told the paper. “I always look for something that has almost limitless possibilities because I know that that itself is worthy.”
You can read a summary of Schwarzman’s new book in our September 2019 alumni and faculty book roundup.
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