Jonathan D. Gray (born February 4, 1970 [1]) is an American billionaire businessman who is the president and chief operating officer of Blackstone Group, a New York–based asset management firm. [2] He is also the chairman of Hilton Worldwide. [3]

Jonathan (“Jon”) Gray is President & Chief Operating Officer of Blackstone and is a member of the Board of Directors. He sits on the firm’s Management Committee and nearly all of its investment committees. Mr. Gray was appointed to his current role in 2018.

4 days ago · Gray, 54, led Blackstone’s real estate business for years before rising to become the firm’s No. 2 executive, after Chief Executive Officer Steve Schwarzman.

4 days ago · Blackstone President and COO Jon Gray joins 'Squawk Box' to discuss the company's quarterly earnings results, state of the company's BREIT business, impact of China's DeepSeek AI development, and more

6 days ago · Jonathan Gray started at asset manager Blackstone Group fresh out of college in 1992 and later rose to head the firm's vaunted real estate group. Under Gray, Blackstone's real estate...

4 days ago · Gray is president and chief operating officer of Blackstone Group, a New York-based alternative asset manager. The publicly traded company manages $1.1 trillion in assets as of September 2024.

Oct 24, 2024 · Lower interest rates have signaled a better dealmaking environment is on the horizon, says Blackstone President Jon Gray. He unpacks how this shift has changed the conversation around IPO markets and real estate and how the “farm-to-table” private credit model benefits investors even as rates decline.

4 days ago · Jon Gray, President and COO of Blackstone, poses for a portrait at the Blackstone Group headquarters in New York City, U.S., January 18, 2023.

Jonathan “Jon” Gray, president and chief operating officer of Blackstone, joined the private equity firm as a 22-year-old college graduate in 1992. Gray ascended the ranks and, in doing...