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As generative AI threatens to upend the white-collar workforce, it’s creating a surge of opportunity in one corner of the labor market: the skilled trades.

That’s at least according to Jon Gray, president and chief operating officer at @blackstone—the biggest publicly-traded alternative asset manager—who predicted a “huge boom in blue-collar employment certainly over the next five years.”

Speaking at the Milken Institute last week, Gray pointed to QTS, one of Blackstone’s portfolio companies, which operates or is developing more than 75 data centers worldwide.

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@blackstone Digital Infrastructure Trust is a newly organized company focused on acquiring and owning mission-critical data centers that power the modern digital economy.

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The Blackstone’s Women’s Initiative Network (WIN) was honored to join the legendary @therealdvf and @fabbb_s for an intimate fireside chat at the DVF NYC store. Participants discussed Diane’s career legacy and the leadership skills required to trailblaze new paths in business.

The Blackstone’s Women’s Initiative Network (WIN) was honored to join the legendary @therealdvf and @fabbb_s for an intimate fireside chat at the DVF NYC store. Participants discussed Diane’s career legacy and the leadership skills required to trailblaze new paths in business.

The Blackstone’s Women’s Initiative Network (WIN) was honored to join the legendary @therealdvf and @fabbb_s for an intimate fireside chat at the DVF NYC store. Participants discussed Diane’s career legacy and the leadership skills required to trailblaze new paths in business.

The Blackstone’s Women’s Initiative Network (WIN) was honored to join the legendary @therealdvf and @fabbb_s for an intimate fireside chat at the DVF NYC store. Participants discussed Diane’s career legacy and the leadership skills required to trailblaze new paths in business.

In his latest episode of Market Views, Blackstone President & COO Jon Gray unpacks his economic weather report and why we still think 2026 is “the year of the IPO.” He also discusses how we’re navigating geopolitics, private credit and software, and investing in AI infrastructure today.

Watch Jon Gray’s 1️⃣2️⃣3️⃣ takeaways from Blackstone’s first quarter results.

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Time for another edition of BX:AM! ⏰ We’re headed across the pond to meet Gogulan, JP, and Yee in London. Cheers, team! 🫖🇬🇧

Time for another edition of BX:AM! ⏰ We’re headed across the pond to meet Gogulan, JP, and Yee in London. Cheers, team! 🫖🇬🇧

Time for another edition of BX:AM! ⏰ We’re headed across the pond to meet Gogulan, JP, and Yee in London. Cheers, team! 🫖🇬🇧

Time for another edition of BX:AM! ⏰ We’re headed across the pond to meet Gogulan, JP, and Yee in London. Cheers, team! 🫖🇬🇧

Time for another edition of BX:AM! ⏰ We’re headed across the pond to meet Gogulan, JP, and Yee in London. Cheers, team! 🫖🇬🇧

Time for another edition of BX:AM! ⏰ We’re headed across the pond to meet Gogulan, JP, and Yee in London. Cheers, team! 🫖🇬🇧

Time for another edition of BX:AM! ⏰ We’re headed across the pond to meet Gogulan, JP, and Yee in London. Cheers, team! 🫖🇬🇧

Meet @blackstone's "accidental influencer."

Jon Gray's jogging dispatches have become a fixture on LinkedIn. His posts are usually unpolished, slightly breathless—he is running, after all—and highly effective. His Blackstone team tells Fortune the operation is relatively low-lift: no coaching, no prep calls, no talking points laid out before he hits record.

Fortune's head of social media Rachel Ventresca explains that while Gray is not yet a CEO, he is already doing a version of the job in LinkedIn feeds, and offering a preview of what the modern corner office now demands: a chief executive who doubles as a creator‑in‑chief.

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We caught Martin Brand who shared how Blackstone is strategically deploying capital across the AI value chain and the physical economy. Check it out!

Congratulations to @jerseymikes on another successful Day of Giving!

Our portfolio company Jersey Mike’s recently hosted its annual Day of Giving – when 100% of the day’s sales at its over 3,200 stores are dedicated to a worthy cause. This year, it’s the 2026 Special Olympics USA Games. We ordered nearly 3,400 sandwiches for our US employees, supporting Jersey Mike’s goal of raising more than $30 million to help these athletes shine both on and off the field.

Steve Schwarzman – always known to be “hands on” – jumped behind the counter to help fill Blackstone’s order, including for his own sandwich. He was joined by Peter Cancro, Founder of Jersey Mike’s. Mike Milken, who founded the Milken Center for Advancing the American Dream, which features Peter’s incredible entrepreneurial story building Jersey Mike’s from a single store into a culinary phenomenon, also pitched in at the location near Blackstone’s NYC offices.

Congratulations to @jerseymikes on another successful Day of Giving!

Our portfolio company Jersey Mike’s recently hosted its annual Day of Giving – when 100% of the day’s sales at its over 3,200 stores are dedicated to a worthy cause. This year, it’s the 2026 Special Olympics USA Games. We ordered nearly 3,400 sandwiches for our US employees, supporting Jersey Mike’s goal of raising more than $30 million to help these athletes shine both on and off the field.

Steve Schwarzman – always known to be “hands on” – jumped behind the counter to help fill Blackstone’s order, including for his own sandwich. He was joined by Peter Cancro, Founder of Jersey Mike’s. Mike Milken, who founded the Milken Center for Advancing the American Dream, which features Peter’s incredible entrepreneurial story building Jersey Mike’s from a single store into a culinary phenomenon, also pitched in at the location near Blackstone’s NYC offices.

Congratulations to @jerseymikes on another successful Day of Giving!

Our portfolio company Jersey Mike’s recently hosted its annual Day of Giving – when 100% of the day’s sales at its over 3,200 stores are dedicated to a worthy cause. This year, it’s the 2026 Special Olympics USA Games. We ordered nearly 3,400 sandwiches for our US employees, supporting Jersey Mike’s goal of raising more than $30 million to help these athletes shine both on and off the field.

Steve Schwarzman – always known to be “hands on” – jumped behind the counter to help fill Blackstone’s order, including for his own sandwich. He was joined by Peter Cancro, Founder of Jersey Mike’s. Mike Milken, who founded the Milken Center for Advancing the American Dream, which features Peter’s incredible entrepreneurial story building Jersey Mike’s from a single store into a culinary phenomenon, also pitched in at the location near Blackstone’s NYC offices.

I’m very proud to announce Blackstone as my new partner. It’s a great honour to represent them as their first global brand ambassador and excited for what’s ahead.

At an annual meeting with top financial advisors, Jon Gray highlights his confidence in the enduring premium private credit can provide over liquid markets. Listen to Jon set the record straight on today’s private credit markets and what he thinks investors should focus on now.

At an annual meeting with top financial advisors, Blackstone’s Jon Gray explains why the math doesn’t add up on some of the predictions around private credit. Watch: