In Conversation With Jonathan Gray: Unlocking Alternatives

Jonathan (“Jon”) Gray is President and Chief Operating Officer of Blackstone, and is a member of Blackstone’s Board of Directors. He sits on its Management Committee and most of its investment committees. Mr. Gray previously served as the firm’s Global Head of Real Estate, which he helped to build into the largest real estate platform in the world. He joined Blackstone in 1992.

Mr. Gray currently serves as Chairman of the Board of Hilton Worldwide. He also serves on the board of Harlem Village Academies. Mr. Gray and his wife, Mindy, established the Basser Center for BRCA at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine focused on the prevention and treatment of BRCA related cancers. They also established NYC Kids RISE in partnership with the City of New York to accelerate college savings for low income children.

Mr. Gray received a BS in Economics from the Wharton School, as well as a BA in English from the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Pennsylvania.

Robert is the Global Head of the Alternative Investments and Managed Solutions business (AIMS) at Bank of Singapore. Prior to joining Bank of Singapore, Robert was most recently the Country Head of Hong Kong and Taiwan for BlackRock, having joined the firm eight years ago as the Head of Strategy and Chief Operating Officer for the BlackRock iShares business in Asia.

Robert has over 30 years of experience in professional services in Asia, including on both the buy-side and sell-side, as a corporate finance consultant at McKinsey & Company and he originally qualified and practised as a corporate finance solicitor for 10 years, specialising in public and private M&A work.