In King of Capital, a new book out this week by David Carey and John Morris, the authors chronicle the deals and personalities that shaped the Blackstone Group, starting with how its founders, Steve Schwarzman and Pete Peterson, met at Lehman Brothers. We’re told many times that Schwarzman had a drive like no other to make money and absolutely “hated to lose it,” which informed the firm’s approach to risk taking and helped it to “avoid the kind of brazen, outsized gambles that caused some high-flying rivals to run aground.” But Steve is not just about the coin; he, too, loves to get his freak on. Continue reading »
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The massage enthusiast’s year-long house arrest has come to an end today (it was preceded by jail time), The Daily Beast informs us with the no-frills headline “Billionaire Pedophile Goes Free.” What will Epstein do with his freedom? Will he head to Dubai, as has been suggested? Will he make the trip out to Beamers, where there’s a reasonable assurance the girls are over 14? Will he remain in Palm Beach, having come to appreciate the asses o’ octogenarians? I don’t know. I’ll tell you what I do know, though. There’s only one way to commemorate this occasion. And I think you know what I’m talking about. Continue reading »
As it turns out, Bill Clinton likes to hang around with a bunch of questionable characters.
His wealthy friends like to fill their private jets with young women, the big Vanity Fair story that everyone is talking about reveals. He pals around with the guy who knocked-up Elizabeth Hurley and sued Kirk Kerkorian for invasion of privacy. One of the supposed bad boys is grocery store magnate Ron Burkle, who shows up at a wedding in Paris with a woman who others say was “not much older than 19.” But one of the most troubling associates is a guy familiar to longtime DealBreaker readers, a guy who has been known to hang around with girls who are much younger than 19.
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