I have a saying: There are no brave old people in finance. Because if you're brave, you mostly get destroyed in your… — Stephen A. Schwarzman Copy Share Image
As the world has become more predatory and aggressive, my impression is that the investment banking business has moved from being relationship-oriented… — Stephen A. Schwarzman Copy Share Image
One of the rules I've learned is that struggling to try and think your way into making an investment is usually the… — Stephen A. Schwarzman Copy Share Image
Markets tend to always overshoot when they get really ebullient. — Stephen A. Schwarzman Copy Share Image
Doing a me-too business, because it's you - the only person who cares about that is you. The market doesn't care if… — Stephen A. Schwarzman Copy Share Image
There's usually room in the theme parks business for efficiencies on the cost side and new investment, which drives traffic. — Stephen A. Schwarzman Copy Share Image
It's important that we educate Americans about how hedge funds and private equity play completely different roles. — Stephen A. Schwarzman Copy Share Image
The biggest mistake I've seen people make with their careers is, when they're good, after two or three years - and they happen to… — Stephen A. Schwarzman Copy Share Image
The language skill in the U.S. for the most part has been awful. Many Americans don't learn any foreign language. — Stephen A. Schwarzman Copy Share Image
I chose to start Schwarzman Scholars because I saw the potential for the world to become focused and unhappy with China, in large part… — Stephen A. Schwarzman Copy Share Image
Education around entrepreneurship should start early, at secondary level, and be very robust by college level. — Stephen A. Schwarzman Copy Share Image
This country, of course, needs fundamental reform of our financial regulatory system, as I, and many other financial institution executives, have publicly advocated for… — Stephen A. Schwarzman Copy Share Image
When I was much younger, I realized that when I was handling something very large, and I was on my own doing that, that… — Stephen A. Schwarzman Copy Share Image
In the Catholic schools, they spend much less money than the public schools, and they get amazing results. Private schools spend much more money… — Stephen A. Schwarzman Copy Share Image
I can't micromanage what anybody pays or doesn't pay. But the concept that half of the public isn't involved with the income-tax system is… — Stephen A. Schwarzman Copy Share Image
