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In February of 2007, Blackstone Group (NYSE: BX) boss Stephen Schwarzman spent $3 million on his own birthday party at the Park Avenue Armory. Patti LaBelle and Rod Stewart (singing 'Reason to Believe' perhaps?) provided the entertainment for the 500 guests.The lavish excess was ill-timed, as the industry went sour shortly thereafter. A few months after that party, Blackstone went public in the $25 per share range. Now the stock trades at less than $9 and the orgy surrounding Schwarzman's $8 billion cashout helped fuel calls for increased regulation of private equity.
Now Schwarzman regrets the whole thing -- or at least the birthday party. Speaking at a conference in New York, he said that "Obviously, I wouldn't have wanted to do that and become, you know, some kind of symbol of sorts of that period of time. Who would ever wish that on themselves? No one."
Indeed. Who would ever want to become a symbol of having enormous amounts of money? How awful.
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