Jon Korngold is a Senior Managing Director and Global Head of Blackstone’s Growth Equity Business (BXG), which is focused on providing capital to companies seeking to manage the execution risks associated with high-growth environments. Jon is a member of both the BXG and Tactical Opportunities Investment Committees.

Prior to joining Blackstone in 2019, Jon was head of General Atlantic’s Global Financial Services and Healthcare sectors, Chairman of the firm’s Portfolio Committee, and was a member of the firm’s Management and Investment Committees.

Jon also previously worked at Goldman Sachs in the Principal Investment Area and in the Mergers & Acquisitions groups in London and New York, respectively. Jon has spent extensive time in China, where he studied Mandarin Chinese at Peking University and did pro bono work for the U.S. Embassy’s Foreign Commercial Service in Beijing.

Jon is active with Harvard University, where he serves on the Harvard College Fund’s Executive Committee. He is a member of The Council on Foreign Relations and has been an Adjunct Professor at Columbia Business School, a member of the Young Presidents’ Organization, a Young Global Leader of the World Economic Forum, a Commissioned Kentucky Colonel, and a member of the Rockefeller University Council. He also serves as a Trustee of The Dalton School, of The Central Park Conservancy and of the 92nd Street Y.

Jon received an AB in Economics from Harvard College, graduating with Honors, and he received his MBA from Harvard Business School.

Ambassador Dan Gillerman is Senior Advisor to the Blackstone Group, and a Member of Blackstone’s International Advisory Board.

He is the Chairman and Ceo of Gillerman Global, a Global Strategic Consulting firm.

Dan Gillerman served as Israel’s Ambassador to the United Nations from 2003-2008.

In 2005 he was elected Vice President of the UN General Assembly.

Prior to his appointment Ambassador Gillerman owned and was Ceo of several companies in Israel in the Chemical, Agro and Food Ingredient sectors.

He served as the Chairman of the Israeli Chamber of Commerce from 1985-2002, and a member of the Prime Minister’s Social and Economic Council, and Chairman of the Israel- British Business Council. He is also a member of the board of The Aspen Institute, Europe.

During that period he was a member of the Boards of Directors of several companies and Banks including Bank Leumi, The First International Bank and the Central Bank of Israel.

Ambassador Gillerman is currently Chairman of Pharmocann, Chairman of the Israel Opera and the AIFL (The America-Israel Friendship League), a member of the Board of the Azrieli Group,   as well as a member of the Boards ofGovernors of the Hebrew University, Tel Aviv University, the Jewish Agency and Member of the Executive Board of the Weizmann Institute of Science.

Dan Gillerman studied Political Science and Economics at the Hebrew University, and Law at Tel Aviv University.

Ambassador Gillerman is the recipient of Honorary Doctorates from Bar Ilan University and the Academic College, Netanya, as well as the Partners for Democracy award from the AIFL, The Scholar Statesman Award from the Washington Institute, and other awards.

Ambassador Gillerman is married to Janice, and they have 2 Children and 6 Grandchildren.

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