Key facts
- Stephen Schwarzman was elected student body president at Abington Senior High School.
- Schwarzman learned two principles during his term: "do what no one else is doing" and "if you are going to commit yourself, it is just as easy to do something big as to do something small."
- Blackstone has $545 billion in assets under management.
- Schwarzman has made significant philanthropic gifts, including to Oxford University and MIT.
Stephen Schwarzman, co-founder, chairman, and CEO of Blackstone, a leading global investment firm with $545 billion in assets under management, recalled lessons learned during his tenure as student body president at Abington Senior High School. He stated that during his one-year term, he learned two guiding principles: to "do what no one else is doing" and that "if you are going to commit yourself, it is just as easy to do something big as to do something small."