Who’s More Important Than Stephen Schwarzman?

By Bess Levin

blackstoneiposecondayfirstdaypopletdisapointingipoperformancedownwarddowndowndown.JPGYou’d think that a man who could get Tom Wolfe to accidentally wander in a side door on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on B-Day, the day his private equity firm went public would get some attention in St. Tropez but apparently you’d think wrong. Oh yes, you’d think wrong (you’d also think: Es ist mir scheiss egal).
On Saturday, Tommy Hilfiger—TOMMY HILFIGER, not Ralph Lauren, but TOMMY HILFIGER— reportedly “drew a bigger crowd of admirers” at Club 55 than Stephen Schwarzman and his wife Christine. We don’t know about you, but we can’t think of anyone we’d rather gawk at/fawn over/ask for an autograph from/tell we’ve loved since he acquired Prime Hospitality and converted thirty-seven Wellesley Inns to the Extended StayAmerica brand than old crab hands. Or can we? Can we list some? What about: Christian Bale, Eric Bana, John Kraskinski, GOB, Paul Rudd.
Actually, that was our LIST. But, really, gets lets serious for a second—you would gladly trample Stephen Schwarzman for a moment with ______?
Riviera Retreat [New York Post]

Comments (18)

  1. 1
    Posted by gets lets serious | July 10, 2007 at 12:35 PM

    henry kravis

  2. 2
    Posted by Anonymous | July 10, 2007 at 12:35 PM

    bess levin

  3. 3
    Posted by yes, stan o'neal | July 10, 2007 at 12:36 PM

    lloyd blankfein, no wait, stan o’neal

  4. 4
    Posted by mini ballerette. | July 10, 2007 at 12:39 PM

    huge effing surprise that the russian whores overrunning st tropez didn’t recognize him

  5. 5
    Posted by Anonymous | July 10, 2007 at 12:39 PM

    tommy hilfiger

  6. 6
    Posted by retirement plan | July 10, 2007 at 1:24 PM

    camillia fayed, actually wait maybe ivanka trump, or c)either/or

  7. 7
    Posted by JBL | July 10, 2007 at 1:29 PM

    Clearly you have never been to St Tropez if you think that Schwarzman or any other financial type would normally cause much of a stir there.
    Must be a slow news day at the Post (and Dealbreaker).

  8. 8
    Posted by Anonymous | July 10, 2007 at 1:32 PM

    JBL– must be a slow news day in your brain: “Es ist mir scheiss egal” means “I could give a fuck.” Try to get the sarcasm next time.

  9. 9
    Posted by Anonymous | July 10, 2007 at 2:05 PM

    Eric Bana, ARE YOU JOKING?

  10. 10
    Posted by Dothead Banker | July 10, 2007 at 2:35 PM

    Oh Bess..how I love you so

  11. 11
    Posted by Anonymous | July 10, 2007 at 2:37 PM

    Anon 1:32, How is coming right out and saying I could give a SHIT tantamount to sarcasm? That is pretty direct and not sarcastic at all.
    and FWIW I would rather hang with jay sidhu that guy is an og playa

  12. 12
    Posted by Anonymous | July 10, 2007 at 2:39 PM

    the sarcasm is that db is making fun of the post for thinking this story means jack shit. it has nothing to do w/ a ‘slow news day.’

  13. 13
    Posted by Anonymous | July 10, 2007 at 2:48 PM

    dude that’s not sarcasm. that’s just saying it’s shit. unless it is the subtle ironic sarcasm of not even being sarcastic

  14. 14
    Posted by Texas Energy | July 10, 2007 at 3:00 PM

    GOB Bluth

  15. 15
    Posted by Anonymous | July 10, 2007 at 3:06 PM

    that maebe, she’s a hottie

  16. 16
    Posted by Zbignew | July 10, 2007 at 3:51 PM

    Anon 1:32, if you equate “scheiss” with “ficken” then I don’t ever want to join you on a pub crawl through your favorite hangouts/fetish bars in Hamburg.

  17. 17
    Posted by Anonymous | July 10, 2007 at 3:53 PM

    LOL

  18. 18
    Posted by Mmmmm | July 13, 2007 at 7:38 PM

    Jessica Alba

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