Jun 03, 2021 / 06:30PM GMT
Patrick Davitt - Autonomous Research LLP - Partner, United States Asset Managers
Hey. Good afternoon, everyone. My name is Patrick Davitt. And as most of you know, I cover the U.S. asset managers here at Autonomous. It's my pleasure to welcome Blackstone President and Chief Operating Officer, Jonathan Gray, for our next presentation. Blackstone is a company that needs little introduction but obviously presents one of the more interesting growth stories in all of financials, particularly as alternative asset managers gain a wider acceptance as public companies by the investment community.
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Patrick Davitt - Autonomous Research LLP - Partner, United States Asset ManagersSo Jon, thanks for coming. Maybe let's start with a quick review of what has happened since we sat here last year with Steve Schwarzman. I think Steve was pretty spot on with how things played out but perhaps even a little too conservative given what feels like a very clean view like recovery now, at least in the U.S. So from your