POWER OF ATTORNEY
Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and
appoints each of
Stephen A. Schwarzman, J. Tomilson Hill, Bennett J. Goodman, Jonathan D. Gray,
Michael S. Chae, Joan Solotar, John G. Finley and Tabea Y. Hsi, signing singly,
the
undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:
(1) execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's capacity
as an officer
and/or director of Blackstone Group Management L.L.C., a Delaware limited
liability company (the
"General Partner") and the general partner of The Blackstone Group L.P. (the
"Partnership"), Forms
3, 4, and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the U.S. Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, as
amended, and the rules thereunder;
(2) do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which
may be necessary
or desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4, or 5, complete and
execute any amendment
or amendments thereto, and timely file such form with the U.S. Securities and
Exchange Commission
and any stock exchange or similar authority; and
(3) take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the
foregoing which, in the
opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of,
or legally required
by, the undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by such
attorney-in-fact on
behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such
form and shall contain
such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such
attorney-in-fact's discretion.
The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and
authority to do and
perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper
to be done in the
exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents
and purposes as the
undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of
substitution or revocation,
hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such
attorney-in-fact's substitute
or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of
attorney and the
rights and powers herein granted. The undersigned acknowledges that the
foregoing attorneys-in-fact,
in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming,
nor is the General
Partner or the Partnership assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities
to comply with Section
16 of the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or the rules
thereunder.
This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the
undersigned, after becoming
subject to the requirements to file Forms 3, 4 and 5 with respect to the
undersigned's holdings of and
transactions in any equity security or derivative security relating to the
Partnership (whether or not
issued by the Partnership), ceases to be subject to those requirements, unless
earlier revoked by the
undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to
be executed as of this
20th day of April, 2018.
/s/ Hamilton E. James
______________________
Hamilton E. James
