Blackstone Staffers Return to Park Avenue One Week After Tragedy
Michael Chae, the firm's chief financial officer, came through too, stopping to shake hands with three staff stationed outside the door, and then inside had a huddle with Bill Rudin, whose family owns the Midtown skyscraper and also lost an employee last Monday. Schwarzman, Blackstone's chief executive, and firm President Jon Gray also stood in the lobby, greeting people as they walked in.
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