BLACKSTONE IPO
Case (1)：The Blackstone Group's IPO
1. What are the built-in tensions with a public private equity firm? How does Blackstone’s structure attempt to reconcile them?
2. If you were an LP in Blackstone, how would you view the structure Blackstone has put in place to go public?
3. Would you rather be a unitholder in Blackstone or an LP?
4. As a potential employee, how you evaluate the Blackstone compensation package against a commensurate offer from a similar large-scale private equity firm that was not public?
Case (1)：The Blackstone Group's IPO
1. What are the built-in tensions with a public private equity firm? How does Blackstone’s structure attempt to reconcile them?
2. If you were an LP in Blackstone, how would you view the structure Blackstone has put in place to go public?
3. Would you rather be a unitholder in Blackstone or an LP?
4. As a potential employee, how you evaluate the Blackstone compensation package against a commensurate offer from a similar large-scale private equity firm that was not public?
Case (1)：The Blackstone Group's IPO
1. What are the built-in tensions with a public private equity firm? How does Blackstone’s structure attempt to reconcile them?
2. If you were an LP in Blackstone, how would you view the structure Blackstone has put in place to go public?
3. Would you rather be a unitholder in Blackstone or an LP?
4. As a potential employee, how you evaluate the Blackstone compensation package against a commensurate offer from a similar large-scale private equity firm that was not public?
Case (1)：The Blackstone Group's IPO
1. What are the built-in tensions with a public private equity firm? How does Blackstone’s structure attempt to reconcile them?
2. If you were an LP in Blackstone, how would you view the structure Blackstone has put in place to go public?
3. Would you rather be a unitholder in Blackstone or an LP?
4. As a potential employee, how you evaluate the Blackstone compensation package against a commensurate
1. What are the built-in tensions with a public private equity firm? How does Blackstone’s structure attempt to reconcile them?
2. If you were an LP in Blackstone, how would you view the structure Blackstone has put in place to go public?
3. Would you rather be a unitholder in Blackstone or an LP?
4. As a potential employee, how you evaluate the Blackstone compensation package against a commensurate offer from a similar large-scale private equity firm that was not public?
Case (1)：The Blackstone Group's IPO
1. What are the built-in tensions with a public private equity firm? How does Blackstone’s structure attempt to reconcile them?
2. If you were an LP in Blackstone, how would you view the structure Blackstone has put in place to go public?
3. Would you rather be a unitholder in Blackstone or an LP?
4. As a potential employee, how you evaluate the Blackstone compensation package against a commensurate offer from a similar large-scale private equity firm that was not public?
Case (1)：The Blackstone Group's IPO
1. What are the built-in tensions with a public private equity firm? How does Blackstone’s structure attempt to reconcile them?
2. If you were an LP in Blackstone, how would you view the structure Blackstone has put in place to go public?
3. Would you rather be a unitholder in Blackstone or an LP?
4. As a potential employee, how you evaluate the Blackstone compensation package against a commensurate offer from a similar large-scale private equity firm that was not public?
Case (1)：The Blackstone Group's IPO
1. What are the built-in tensions with a public private equity firm? How does Blackstone’s structure attempt to reconcile them?
2. If you were an LP in Blackstone, how would you view the structure Blackstone has put in place to go public?
3. Would you rather be a unitholder in Blackstone or an LP?
4. As a potential employee, how you evaluate the Blackstone compensation package against a commensurate