Total Compensation: $ —
Stephen A. Schwarzman is the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Blackstone and the Chairman of the board of directors of general partner. Mr. Schwarzman was elected Chairman of the board of directors of general partner effective March 20, 2007. Mr. Schwarzman is a founder of The Blackstone Group and has been involved in all phases of the firm's development since its founding in 1985. Mr. Schwarzman began his career at Lehman Brothers, where he was elected Managing Director in 1978. He was engaged principally in the firm's mergers and acquisitions business from 1977 to 1984, and served as Chairman of the firm's Mergers & Acquisitions Committee in 1983 and 1984. Mr. Schwarzman is Chairman of the Board of The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. He is also a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, The Business Council and The Asia Society and is on the boards of various organizations, including The New York Public Library, The Frick Collection, the New York City Ballet, the Film Society of Lincoln Center, the JPMorgan Chase National Advisory Board and The Partnership for New York City Board of Directors.
Total Compensation: $ 29,208.00
Hamilton E. James is President, Chief Operating Officer of Blackstone and a member of the board of directors of general partner. Mr. James was elected to the board of directors of general partner effective March 20, 2007. Prior to joining Blackstone in 2002, Mr. James was Chairman of Global Investment Banking and Private Equity at Credit Suisse First Boston and a member of its Executive Board since the acquisition of Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette, or 'DLJ,' by Credit Suisse First Boston in 2000. Prior to the acquisition of DLJ, Mr. James was the Chairman of DLJ's Banking Group, responsible for all the firm's investment banking and merchant banking activities and a member of its Board of Directors. Mr. James joined DLJ in 1975 as an Investment Banking associate. He became head of DLJ's global mergers and acquisitions group in 1982, founded DLJ Merchant Banking, Inc. in 1985, and was named Chairman of the Banking Group in 1995 with responsibility for all of the firm's investment banking, alternative asset management and emerging market sales and trading activities. Mr. James is a Director of Costco Wholesale Corporation and Swift River Investments, Inc., and has served on a number of other corporate boards. Mr. James is Chairman Emeritus of the Board of Trustees of American Ballet Theatre, Trustee and member of The Executive Committee of the Second Stage Theatre, Vice Chairman of Coldwater Conservations Fund, a Trustee of Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute and a member of the Board of The Council for the United States and Italy.
Total Compensation: $ —
On June 9, 2008, The Blackstone Group L.P. announced that Laurence A. Tosi will be appointed as the Chief Financial Officer of its general partner, Blackstone Group Management L.L.C. Mr. Tosi, age 40, served as the Chief Operating Officer for the Global Markets and Investment Banking Group of Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc., a provider of capital markets, advisory and wealth management services, from May 2007 to June 2008. In that role, Mr. Tosi was responsible for the day to day operational management of that group"s capital markets, trading and investment banking businesses. Prior to that, he served as the Senior Vice President, Finance Director and Principal Accounting Officer of Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. from November 2004 to May 2007, responsible for Merrill Lynch"s global 2,600-person finance organization, including worldwide accounting, regulatory reporting, budgeting and corporate development. From July 2001 to November 2004, Mr. Tosi was Managing Director and Chief Financial Officer of Business Finance at Merrill Lynch where he managed Merrill Lynch"s global finance organization as the Chief Financial Officer of all of the firm"s global businesses before assuming the additional responsibilities of Finance Director in November 2004.
Total Compensation: $ —
Lord Nathaniel Charles Jacob Rothschild is a member of the board of directors of general partner. Lord Rothschild was elected to the board of directors of general partner effective June 21, 2007. Lord Rothschild founded RIT Capital Partners plc in 1988 and is currently the firm's Executive Chairman and Director. He also co-founded Spencer House Capital Management LLP in 2006 and currently serves as Chairman. Lord Rothschild previously co-founded companies in the fields of money management, insurance and investment, for example Global Asset Management Limited, St James's Place Group plc and J Rothschild Assurance plc. In addition to RIT Capital Partners plc, Lord Rothschild is also the Deputy Chairman of British Sky Broadcasting Group plc and a director of RHJ International SA. Lord Rothschild is a trustee of the Courtauld Institute, the State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford and the Qatar Museum Authority. In addition, Lord Rothschild was Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the National Gallery from 1985 through 1991.
Total Compensation: $ —
William G. Parrett is a member of the board of directors of general partner. Mr. Parrett was elected to the board of directors of general partner effective November 9, 2007. Until May 31, 2007, Mr. Parrett served as the Chief Executive Officer of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu ("DTT"). Certain of the member firms of DTT or their subsidiaries and affiliates provide professional services to The Blackstone Group L.P. or its affiliates. Mr. Parrett co-founded the Global Financial Services Industry practice of Deloitte and served as its first Chairman. Currently, Mr. Parrett is Chairman of the United States Council for International Business and on the executive committee of the International Chamber of Commerce. He is also Chairman of the Board of Trustees of United Way of America, on the Board of Trustees of Carnegie Hall, and a member of the Committee to Encourage Corporate Philanthropy. Mr. Parrett also serves as a trustee of The Catholic University of America and of St. Francis College.
Total Compensation: $ —
Joan Solotar is Senior Managing Director-Public Markets at Blackstone. Ms. Solotar is responsible for managing Blackstone's relationships with its public investors, industry analysts and the general investment community. She also guides the firm on analyzing strategic development opportunities and advises Blackstone fund portfolio companies on their positioning in the public equity markets. Prior to joining Blackstone in 2007, Ms. Solotar was most recently a Managing Director and Head of Equity Research at Bank of America, which she joined in 2003. She started her career in equity research at The First Boston Corporation and prior to joining Bank of America was part of the financial services team at Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette and later with CSFB as a Managing Director. Ms. Solotar was ranked each year from 1995 to 2002 in the Brokers and Asset Management category on the Institutional Investor All-America Research Team, and consistently ranked highly in the Greenwich Survey of portfolio managers. She also served as Chairperson of the Research Committee for the Securities Industry Association in 2001-2002. She is currently on the Board of Directors of the East Harlem Tutorial Program.
Total Compensation: $ —
J. Tomilson Hill is Vice Chairman of Blackstone and a member of the board of directors of general partner. Mr. Hill was elected to the board of directors of general partner effective March 20, 2007. Mr. Hill is head of funds of hedge funds operation, having previously served as co-head ofcorporate and mergers and acquisitions advisory operation before assuming his current role in 2000. Before joining Blackstone in 1993, Mr. Hill began his career at First Boston, later becoming one of the co-founders of its Mergers & Acquisitions Department. After heading the Mergers & Acquisitions Department at Smith Barney, he joined Lehman Brothers as a partner in 1982, serving as Co-Head and subsequently Head of Investment Banking. Later, he served as Co-Chief Executive Officer of Lehman Brothers and Co-President and Co-Chief Operating Officer of Shearson Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. Mr. Hill is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and is a member of the Board of Directors of the Advantage Testing Foundation and of Lincoln Center Theater, where he serves as Vice Chairman. Mr. Hill serves as Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Smithsonian's Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. He serves as a director of OpenPeak Inc.
Total Compensation: $ —
The Right Honorable Brian Mulroney is a member of the board of directors of general partner. Mr. Mulroney was elected to the board of directors of general partner effective June 21, 2007. Mr. Mulroney is a senior partner and international business consultant for the Montreal law firm, Ogilvy Renault LLP/ S.E.N.C.R.C., s.r.l. Prior to joining Ogilvy Renault, Mr. Mulroney was the eighteenth Prime Minister of Canada from 1984 to 1993 and leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada from 1983 to 1993. He served as the Executive Vice President of the Iron Ore Company of Canada and President beginning in 1977. Prior to that, Mr. Mulroney served on the Cliche Commission of Inquiry in 1974. Mr. Mulroney is a member of the Board of Directors of Archer Daniels Midland Company, Barrick Gold Corporation, Quebecor Inc., Quebecor World Inc., the World Trade Center Memorial Foundation and Wyndham Worldwide Corporation.
Total Compensation: $ —
Peter G. Peterson is the Senior Chairman of Blackstone and a member of the board of directors of general partner. Mr. Peterson is a founder of The Blackstone Group. Mr. Peterson was elected to the board of directors of general partner effective March 20, 2007. Mr. Peterson is Chairman of the Council on Foreign Relations, founding Chairman of the Peter G. Peterson Institute for International Economics (Washington, D.C.) and founding President of The Concord Coalition. Mr. Peterson was the Co-Chair of The Conference Board Commission on Public Trust and Private Enterprises. He was also Chairman of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York from 2000 to 2004. Prior to founding Blackstone, Mr. Peterson was Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Lehman Brothers (1973-1984). He was Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Bell and Howell Company from 1963 to 1971. In 1971, President Richard Nixon named Mr. Peterson Assistant to the President for International Economic Affairs. He was named Secretary of Commerce by President Nixon in 1972. Mr. Peterson is a director of The India Fund, Inc. and The Asia Tigers Fund, Inc., and has served on a number of other corporate boards. Mr. Peterson is a Trustee of the Committee for Economic Development, the Japan Society and The Museum of Modern Art and a Director of the National Bureau of Economic Research, The Public Agenda Foundation and The Nixon Center.
Total Compensation: $ —
Michael A. Puglisi is Chief Financial Officer of Blackstone. Since joining Blackstone in 1994, Mr. Puglisi has worked on personnel, financial, tax, compliance and administrative matters. His current responsibilities include firm-wide financial and tax budgeting, analysis and reporting as well as compensation matters and the firm's treasury functions and credit facilities. Before joining Blackstone, Mr. Puglisi served for eleven years in a variety of financial officer roles for Fosterlane Holdings Corporation and its subsidiaries. Prior to Fosterlane, Mr. Puglisi was with Arthur Andersen & Co. On June 9, 2008, The Blackstone Group L.P. announced that Michael A. Puglisi, Blackstone"s current Chief Financial Officer, will remain a Senior Managing Director and a member of senior management.
Total Compensation: $ —
Sylvia F. Moss is Senior Managing Director-Administration at Blackstone. Ms. Moss has firm wide responsibility for human resources, information technology, research, facilities and general administrative matters. Before joining Blackstone in 1997, she was the Director of Administration at Schulte, Roth & Zabel and the Director of Operations at Chadbourne & Parke. Prior to that, Ms. Moss was the Executive Director at Kramer, Levin, Naftalis, Nessen, Kamin & Frankel, and a Director at Booz, Allen, Hamilton.
Total Compensation: $ —
Robert L. Friedman is Chief Legal Officer of Blackstone. On joining Blackstone in 1999, Mr. Friedman worked primarily in Corporate Private Equity segment and also participated in the work of corporate and mergers and acquisitions advisory operation. In early 2003 he was appointed Chief Administrative Officer and Chief Legal Officer and he continues to participate in the work of Corporate Private Equity segment and Financial Advisory segment. Before joining Blackstone, Mr. Friedman had been a partner with Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP for 25 years, where he was a senior member of that law firm's mergers and acquisitions practice. At Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, Mr. Friedman advised The Blackstone Group since we were founded in 1985. Mr. Friedman currently serves as a director of Axis Capital Holdings Limited, Northwest Airlines, Inc. and TRW Automotive Holdings Corp., and has served on a number of other boards. He is a member of the Board of Advisers of the Institute for Law and Economics of the University of Pennsylvania, a member of the Board of Visitors of Columbia College and a Trustee of The Nantucket Land Council, Chess-in-the-Schools and New Alternatives for Children, Inc.
