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Mr. Stephen A. Schwarzman is a Chairman, Chief Executive Officer & Co-Founder at Blackstone Group Management LLC, at Blackstone Liquid Credit Strategies LLC, at Blackstone Corporate Private Equity, at Blackstone Alternative Credit Advisors LP, at GSO Capital Partners (Private Equity), at Blackstone Alternative Asset Management LP, a General Partner at Blackstone Group Holdings LLC, a Chairman & Chief Executive Officer at The Blackstone Group, Inc., at Blackstone Advisory Services LP, a Chief Executive Officer at Blackstone (Legacy S Corp.), Inc., a Co-Chairman at Schwarzman Scholars, a Member at Council on Foreign Relations, Inc., at The Business Council, at The Business Roundtable, at The International Business Council and a Member-International Business Council at The World Economic Forum USA, Inc. He is on the Board of Directors at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Asia Society, Film Society of Lincoln Center, New York City Partnership, The Frick Collection, The New York Public Library and The Kennedy Center Corporate Fund. Mr. Schwarzman was previously employed as a Chairman, Chief Executive Officer & Co-Founder by Blackstone Alternative Investment Advisors LLC, a Managing Director by Lehman Brothers, Inc., a Chairman & Chief Executive Officer by Blackstone Distressed Securities Advisors LP, by PJT Partners, Inc., a Chief Executive Officer by DJO Global, Inc., a Co-Chairman by The Partnership for New York City, and an Adjunct Professor by Yale University. He also served on the board at Freescale Semiconductor Ltd. and New York City Ballet, Inc. He holds a B.A. from Yale University and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.

Since joining MetaProp as a General Partner in September of 2016, Zak has led MetaProp’s venture capital funds, investing in high-growth PropTech startups that are transforming the way we conceptualize, utilize, build, transact, interact with, and manage physical space.
Zak manages MetaProp’s investment activities and works closely with portfolio companies to move their businesses forward.
Zak’s investment experience spans seed, multi-stage and corporate venture capital and he is an active member of New York’s startup community.
Prior to joining MetaProp, Zak was an investor at Gotham Ventures, a seed-stage venture capital firm and affiliate of the Draper Venture Network.
Zak’s previous venture capital background includes experience with Canaan Partners, AOL Ventures and LearnCapital.
In addition to his role at MetaProp, Zak is an Adjunct Professor at Columbia Business School where he teaches the graduate venture capital seminar.
Zak is a Kauffman Fellow and holds an M.B.A.
from Columbia Business School and a B.A.
in Political Economy and Business from Tulane University.

Cristine Pirro Schwarzman has a current job as a Partner at Ropes & Gray LLP.