Blackstone’s CEO Stephen A. Schwarzman on Entrepreneurship

CEO & Chairman of The Blackstone Group Stephen A. Schwarzman shares his views on success, education, as head of Blackstone, a leading private equity firm and the world’s largest holder of real estate, Schwarzman says motivation was in his DNA from an early age, driving him to seek greatness his entire career. His book on entrepreneurship “What it Takes” is a New York Times bestseller.

He stresses the importance of learning to fail, stating that in a growing business that whatever can go wrong will go wrong. Having donated more than one billion dollars to higher education, he is among the top philanthropists in the world. He expresses confidence that proper agreements between the United States and China are bound to occur between the world’s two largest economic drivers and that artificial intelligence will be key to future advancements in many fields of endeavor.