Michael Dorrell, chairman, CEO, and cofounder of Stonepeak, built the firm into one of the most influential investors in infrastructure and real assets. Since founding Stonepeak in 2011, he has helped turn it into a global private-markets powerhouse spanning energy, transport, digital infrastructure, and logistics. Known for disciplined dealmaking and long-horizon conviction, Dorrell has emerged as one of the standout billionaires created by the modern infrastructure investing boom.

Joseph Baratta, Blackstone’s global head of private equity strategies and a member of the firm’s board, has helped shape one of the world’s most powerful private equity franchises. Since joining Blackstone in 1998 and helping establish its European private equity business, he has risen to become one of the firm’s most influential dealmakers, overseeing directly invested private equity strategies across sectors and geographies. Known for disciplined execution and long-term value creation, Baratta stands among the most prominent figures in global private markets.

Marc Zahr, co-president of Blue Owl Capital and global head of its real assets platform, helped build one of the most important institutional franchises in private real estate and infrastructure income strategies. As founder of Oak Street, the predecessor to Blue Owl’s real assets business, Zahr developed a reputation for pairing durable cash-flow assets with long-term capital, then scaled that strategy inside Blue Owl into a major platform spanning net lease real estate and digital infrastructure. Known for disciplined underwriting and institutional execution, he has become a central figure in the rise of asset-backed alternatives.

Michael S. Chae, vice chairman and chief financial officer of Blackstone, is one of the firm’s most influential senior leaders, combining financial stewardship with decades of investing experience across global private markets. Since joining Blackstone in 1997, Chae has held a wide range of leadership roles—including heading international private equity and the Asia-Pacific private equity business—before becoming CFO in 2015 and vice chairman in 2025. A longtime member of Blackstone’s management and investment committees, he has played a central role in scaling one of the world’s largest alternative asset managers while helping guide strategy, valuation, and enterprise risk across the firm.

Doug Ostrover, cofounder, co-CEO, and chairman of Blue Owl Capital, helped build one of the most influential private credit platforms of the modern era by scaling Owl Rock into a global alternative asset manager. A former senior executive at Blackstone and cofounder of GSO Capital Partners, Ostrover launched Owl Rock in 2016 with a focus on direct lending and institutional-scale private credit, then helped transform it into Blue Owl through a landmark merger. Known for disciplined underwriting, permanent-capital strategy, and deep institutional relationships, he has become a central figure in the rise of private credit as a core asset class.