Meet the 8 Blackstone dealmakers who insiders say are the firm's future Blackstone, with $545 billion of assets under management, has its hands in everything from real estate, to private equity, credit, and hedge funds. Business Insider spoke with industry insiders, including recruiters, bankers, and competitors to compile a list of rising dealmakers at the private equity giant. It seems the Blackstone Group, with more than half a trillion in assets, owns just about everything. Whether you're spending a night in a hotel or just going to the office, there's a good chance you're inhabiting space owned, at least in part, by Blackstone. In real estate alone, the firm has $154 billion of assets under management, comprised of office, hotel, retail and residential properties. Its ever-expanding portfolio of companies also includes businesses from mobile advertising to data analytics, to firms that create the world's roads, tunnels, and wind farms. Read more : Goldman Sachs' push into private equity is ruffling feathers at Blackstone — and it might be a sign of big client skirmishes to come While everyone knows the bold-face names behind Blackstone's dealmaking prowess like CEO Stephen Schwarzman and his lieutenant Tony James , there's a younger generation of scrappy upstarts helping shape some of the firm's biggest deals.