Portrait of Hamilton James & family

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Hamilton James & family

Net worth $4.3B

Investments · United States

Born
Aug 03, 1951
Age
74
Source
Investments
Residence
New York, New York
Citizenship
United States
Marital status
Married
Children
3
Education
Bachelor of Arts/Science, Harvard University; Master of Business Administration, Harvard University

Net worth over time

Biography

  • Hamilton "Tony" James was recruited to Blackstone Group in 2002 to help run its rapidly expanding private equity and asset management business.
  • As the president and chief operating officer, James oversaw Blackstone's rise to become the biggest buyout firm on the planet, with more than $1 trillion in assets under management.
  • He handed his day-to-day management duties to Blackstone's former head of real estate Jonathan Gray in 2018 and retired as executive vice chair in 2022.
  • He started his career at investment bank Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette, then worked at Credit Suisse after it acquired DLJ, before joining Blackstone.
  • James is a board member of several environmental nonprofits and in 2016 co-authored Rescuing Retirement, a book on solutions to the retirement crisis.
  • While an undergrad at Harvard, James played on the soccer team as a fullback, making the team as a walk on.
  • James was appointed to the board of Port Authority of New York and New Jersey by then Governor Andrew Cuomo in 2015, but stepped down from the agency in 2017

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