The Blackstone Group L.P.(WHO'S NEWS)

The Blackstone Group L.P. announced that Byron Wien will join the firm as vice chairman of Blackstone Advisory Services. Mr. Wien was previously chief investment strategist for Pequot Capital and, before that, he served for 21 years as chief (later senior) U.S. investment strategist for Morgan Stanley. He will act as a senior adviser both to the Firm and its clients in analyzing economic, social and political trends to determine the direction of financial markets and thus helping guide investment and strategic decisions. Mr. Wien is a supervisory director of George Soros' Quantum Funds and a member of the Investment Committees of Lincoln Center, The Pritzker Foundation, and the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. He is a trustee of the New York Historical Society. Mr. Wien is a Board Member of The Manhattan Institute and Phoenix House Foundation.

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