Wealth management
10 Blackstone operations leaders
These ten Blackstone operations leaders hold COO and senior operations roles at Blackstone, including COOs of its real estate, private equity, credit and private wealth businesses. A reader can learn how a COO role is set up inside a Blackstone business and how operations teams support its investment and client groups.
Professionals to explore
01—10A.J. Murphy
LinkedInExperience: COO, Private Equity Strategies · Blackstone
COO, Private Equity Strategies at Blackstone since January 2025, a role his profile lists at C-level in general management, and COO for Corporate Private Equity at Blackstone (2023–2025). He was also Head of Markets at Standard Investments (2021–2023), Managing Director at Silver Lake (2018–2021) and Head of Global Capital Markets at Bank of America (2015–2018).
Anthony Merhige
LinkedInExperience: Chief Operating Officer & General Counsel · Blackstone Harvest
Chief Operating Officer & General Counsel of Blackstone Harvest since November 2005, a role his profile lists at C-level in general management; his profile headline describes him as Senior Managing Director and COO of Harvest Funds at Blackstone Inc. He was also an Associate at Pepper Hamilton LLP (1993–2000).
Brian Schaper
LinkedInExperience: Managing Director, COO of EMEA Private Wealth · Blackstone
Managing Director, COO of EMEA Private Wealth at Blackstone since February 2026. At Blackstone he was also Managing Director, Deputy COO Institutional Client Solutions, Europe (2026) and Principal, Deputy COO Institutional Client Solutions, Europe (2024–2025), and he was Managing Director, Strategy & Business Management, Global Client Group EMEA & APAC at Nuveen, a TIAA company (2023–2024).
Chris Striano
LinkedInExperience: Senior Managing Director - COO of Global Finance · Blackstone
Senior Managing Director - COO of Global Finance at Blackstone since May 2021. His profile headline describes him as Chief Operating Officer of Global Finance at Blackstone, and his profile keywords include accounting, accounting officer, finance and global finance.
Eugene Min, CFA
LinkedInExperience: Senior Managing Director, Chief Operating Officer - Real Estate Asia · Blackstone
Senior Managing Director, Chief Operating Officer - Real Estate Asia at Blackstone since January 2025, and Managing Director, Chief Operating Officer - Real Estate Asia at Blackstone (2018–2025). He was also Chief Financial Officer at CLSA (2015–2018) and Executive Director at J.P. Morgan Asset Management (2015).
Ian Booth
LinkedInExperience: Blackstone Credit and Insurance - Head of International Operations, Managing Director · Blackstone
Blackstone Credit and Insurance - Head of International Operations, Managing Director at Blackstone since September 2025, a role his profile describes as head of operations in EMEA and APAC. He was also Institutional Credit Management - EMEA Head of Transaction Management, Managing Director at Citi (2022–2025) and Chief Administrative Officer Chief Financial Officer, Risk - Director at Deutsche Bank (2012–2022).
Kate Rubenstein
LinkedInExperience: Managing Director, COO of Perpetual Fund Solutions, BXCI COO of BCRED, BXSL & BMACX · Blackstone
Managing Director, COO of Perpetual Fund Solutions, BXCI COO of BCRED, BXSL & BMACX at Blackstone since July 2024. At Blackstone she was also Managing Director, COO of North America Private Credit, COO of BCRED & BXSL (2023–2025), Managing Director & COO, Blackstone Private Credit Fund and Blackstone Secured Lending Fund (2021–2025) and Managing Director, Portfolio Operations (2018–2021).
Kristen Reiner
LinkedInExperience: Global COO of Real Estate ICS · Blackstone
Global COO of Real Estate ICS at Blackstone since January 2026 and Managing Director at Blackstone since 2023, a role her profile places in general management at director level. Her listing also shows Principal (2021–2022), Vice President (2019–2020) and Associate (2016–2018) roles at Blackstone.
Laura Gagliardo
LinkedInExperience: SVP, Miami Office COO · Blackstone
SVP, Miami Office COO at Blackstone since June 2023, a role her profile lists at C-level in general management. She was also Sr Director Strategy & Operations (2021–2023), Senior Director Finance (2021) and Director of Finance (2017–2021) at Univision.
Peter Guarraia
LinkedInExperience: Senior Managing Director and Head of Infrastructure Operations and Asset Management · Blackstone
Senior Managing Director and Head of Infrastructure Operations and Asset Management at Blackstone since February 2025. His profile describes the team's expertise in supply chain strategy, cost optimization and ESG integration, and he was also Senior Partner at Bain & Company (2003–2025).
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Questions to take into the conversation
- 01How is the COO role split from the investment team's responsibilities inside a Blackstone business?
- 02Which operating metrics and reviews do you rely on to run a fund or business line day to day?
- 03How do you scale operations, reporting and controls when a new fund or product launches?
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