Why Private Equity

Private equity can serve as a core portfolio holding.

Source: Capital IQ, June 2024. Represents the share of companies based on the total number of public and private companies in North America, Europe, and Asia that have reported 2024, 2023, or 2022 fiscal year revenues greater than $250 million per Capital IQ’s company database.
Source: Compares Cambridge Associates’ Private Equity Index to the MSCI World Index, as of September 2025.
Source: The above is provided for illustrative purposes only and is based on Blackstone’s assessment of gains achieved by investments in Blackstone’s flagship corporate buyout funds only as of June 30, 2025. To determine sources of value creation, Blackstone analyzes key financial metrics at the time of acquisition compared to the current and/or exit period in order to estimate a company’s gain that is attributable to earnings growth, multiple expansion, and free cash flow (“FCF”) generation. For certain investments that lack significant previous operating or financial history, the categorization of the different sources of value creation represents Blackstone estimates based on a number of objective and subjective factors. Past activities of investment vehicles managed or sponsored by Blackstone provide no assurance of future success. There can be no assurance that future Blackstone funds will achieve the same or similar results or that pending or future initiatives will occur as expected or at all.