Blackstone announced its Corporate Private Equity business is expanding its North America footprint through a new team based in San Francisco -- building on the firm's existing strong presence in its San Francisco office across its other business units. Sachin Bavishi, a Senior Managing Director, will relocate to San Francisco to lead and establish Blackstone Private Equity's West Coast presence, along with other existing and new team members. Mr. Bavishi was previously based in New York and has been a member of Blackstone's Private Equity team since 2013, focusing on investment opportunities in Technology, Media & Telecom (TMT).

He has played a key role in the execution of many of the firm's leading TMT investments, including in Ancestry, Bumble, Liftoff/Vungle, Ipreo, Refinitiv, SESAC, Simpli.fi, and UKG, among others.