Blackstone operates under five key principles: accountability, excellence, integrity, teamwork, and entrepreneurship. Since its beginnings in 1985, the firm has stuck by these principles, operating a business that’s both financially successful and steadfast, committed to its ethics and making a positive impact on the world they work in. Blackstone manages wealth and assets while keeping both the interests of the client in mind as well as how their investments can positively impact the world.  

Blackstone focuses its business in four main areas: real estate, private equity, hedge fund solutions, and credit and insurance. Its investing  strategy includes growing companies and creating a positive impact on the world . For example, Take their private equity investments. Blackstone has invested in a myriad of companies. They invested in SERVPRO, a company that provides disaster mitigation and reconstruction services. SERVPRO is family owned, and with Blackstone’s collaboration provides its services to communities impacted by the tragedy of natural disasters. Blackstone also invested in Ancestry in 2020. Ancestry helps people understand and learn about their past. Blackstone saw the value in the product and invested fast, as Ancestry begins to grow and develop as a business.