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Organization
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2019
Organization
1.    Organization
Effective July 1, 2019, The Blackstone Group L.P. converted from a Delaware limited partnership to a Delaware corporation, The Blackstone Group Inc. (the “Conversion”). This report includes results of The Blackstone Group L.P. prior to the Conversion and for the quarter ended June 30, 2019. In this report, references to “Blackstone,” the “Corporation” or the “Partnership” refer to (a) The Blackstone Group Inc. and its consolidated subsidiaries following the Conversion and (b) The Blackstone Group L.P. and its consolidated subsidiaries prior to the Conversion. All references to shares or per share amounts prior to the Conversion refer to units or per unit amounts.
Blackstone, together with its subsidiaries, is a leading global manager of private capital. The alternative asset management business includes the management of private equity funds, real estate funds, real estate investment trusts (“REITs”), funds of hedge funds, hedge funds, credit-focused funds, collateralized loan obligation (“CLO”) vehicles, separately managed accounts and registered investment companies (collectively referred to as the “Blackstone Funds”). Blackstone’s business is organized into four segments: Real Estate, Private Equity, Hedge Fund Solutions and Credit.
Blackstone was formed on March 12, 2007, and, until the Conversion, was managed and operated by Blackstone Group Management L.L.C., which is in turn wholly owned by Blackstone’s senior managing directors and controlled by one of Blackstone’s founders, Stephen A. Schwarzman (the “Founder”). The activities of Blackstone are conducted through its holding partnerships: Blackstone Holdings I L.P., Blackstone Holdings AI L.P., Blackstone Holdings II L.P., Blackstone Holdings III L.P. and Blackstone Holdings IV L.P. (collectively, “Blackstone Holdings”, “Blackstone Holdings Partnerships” or the “Holding Partnerships”). Blackstone, through its wholly owned subsidiaries, is the sole general partner in each of these Holding Partnerships.
Generally, holders of the limited partner interests in the Holding Partnerships may, four times each year, exchange their limited partnership interests (“Partnership Units”) for Blackstone common units, on a
one-to-one
basis, exchanging one Partnership Unit from each of the Holding Partnerships for one Blackstone common unit.