Hamilton James & family

$4.65B

as of 10/04/24

About Hamilton James & family

Hamilton "Tony" James was recruited to Blackstone Group in 2002 to help run its rapidly expanding private equity and asset management business.

As the COO and president, James oversaw Blackstone's rise to the biggest buyout firm on the planet, with more than $1 trillion in assets under management.

He handed day-to-day management duties to Blackstone head of real estate Jonathan Gray in February 2018 and retired as executive vice chair in January 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.

Personal stats

Citizenship

United States of America

Source of wealth

Investments

Residence

New York, New York

Marital status

Married

Birth date

08/03/51 (age 73)

Number of children

Education

Bachelor of Arts/Science, Harvard University; Master of Business Administration, Harvard University

Self-made

self-made