Inside Blackstone

Goldman Sachs President & COO John Waldron: Rooting for the English Majors

On Inside Blackstone, host Christine Anderson sits down with Goldman Sachs President and COO John Waldron on the year AI productivity shows up in the numbers, financing the compute build-out, and what an apprenticeship culture looks like when machines handle the “toil.” From Blackstone, the world’s largest alternative asset manager. More from Inside Blackstone: ⁠YouTube⁠ ⁠Apple Podcasts ⁠ Find our guest: ⁠John Waldron⁠ | @GoldmanSachs Follow Blackstone: Instagram @blackstone | X @blackstone | LinkedIn @blackstoneinc This recording is not an offer or sale of any security or investment product. Past performance does not predict future returns, and there is no assurance that any fund or investment will achieve its objectives or avoid significant losses. This recording may include forward-looking statements, which are uncertain and may differ from actual results materially. We do not undertake any duty to update these statements. For a discussion of some of the factors that could affect results, please see the Risk Factors section of our 10-K. All information discussed is as of the date of this recording, unless otherwise indicated.

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WHOOP Founder Will Ahmed: The Body as Data, Sleep Science & the Future of Healthcare

On Inside Blackstone, host Christine Anderson sits down with WHOOP founder and CEO Will Ahmed on building a screenless wearable against Apple and Fitbit, why sleep is the closest thing we have to a magic pill, the impacts of AI on healthspan, and why data, not algorithms, decides the future of healthcare. From Blackstone, the world’s largest alternative asset manager. This recording is not an offer or sale of any security or investment product. Past performance does not predict future returns, and there is no assurance that any fund or investment will achieve its objectives or avoid significant losses. This recording may include forward-looking statements, which are uncertain and may differ from actual results materially. We do not undertake any duty to update these statements. For a discussion of some of the factors that could affect results, please see the Risk Factors section of our 10-K. All information discussed is as of the date of this recording, unless otherwise indicated.

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Introducing Inside Blackstone

The headlines tell you what happened. Inside Blackstone helps you see what may be coming next. Host Christine Anderson brings you inside our walls to share the signals we're seeing across our portfolio—trends in business, technology, and AI—and our conversations with the people shaping the future. Think of it as your weekly fix on what’s moving financial markets. No jargon, just a unique read on the real economy. Our goal is to leave you smarter, sharper and better prepared—and perhaps have a little fun along the way.