Jonathan D. Gray (born February 4, 1970 [1]) is an American billionaire businessman who is the president and chief operating officer of Blackstone Group, a New York–based asset management firm. [2] He is also the chairman of Hilton Worldwide. [3]

Jonathan (“Jon”) Gray is President & Chief Operating Officer of Blackstone and is a member of the Board of Directors. He sits on the firm’s Management Committee and nearly all of its investment committees. Mr. Gray was appointed to his current role in 2018.

4 days ago · Gray, 54, led Blackstone’s real estate business for years before rising to become the firm’s No. 2 executive, after Chief Executive Officer Steve Schwarzman.

6 days ago · Jonathan Gray started at asset manager Blackstone Group fresh out of college in 1992 and later rose to head the firm's vaunted real estate group. Under Gray, Blackstone's...

Feb 13, 2018 · New York – Blackstone (NYSE: BX) announced today that Tony James, President and Chief Operating Officer, will be handing over day-to-day management of the firm to Jon Gray, Global Head of Real Estate.

4 days ago · Gray is president and chief operating officer of Blackstone Group, a New York-based alternative asset manager. The publicly traded company manages $1.1 trillion in assets as of September...