Segment Reporting | 18. Segment Reporting Blackstone conducts its alternative asset management businesses through four segments: • Real Estate – Blackstone’s Real Estate segment primarily comprises its management of opportunistic real estate funds, Core+ real estate funds, high-yield real estate debt funds and liquid real estate debt funds. • Private Equity – Blackstone’s Private Equity segment includes its management of flagship corporate private equity funds, sector and geographically-focused corporate private equity funds, core private equity funds, an opportunistic investment platform, a secondary fund of funds business, infrastructure-focused funds, a life sciences investment platform, a growth equity investment platform, a multi-asset investment program for eligible high net worth investors and a capital markets services business. • Hedge Fund Solutions – The largest component of Blackstone’s Hedge Fund Solutions segment is Blackstone Alternative Asset Management, which manages a broad range of commingled and customized hedge fund of fund solutions. The segment also includes a GP Stakes business and investment platforms that invest directly, as well as investment platforms that seed new hedge fund businesses and create alternative solutions through daily liquidity products. • Credit & Insurance – Blackstone’s Credit & Insurance segment consists principally of Blackstone Credit, which is organized into two overarching strategies: private credit (which includes mezzanine and direct lending funds, private placement strategies and energy strategies, including our sustainable resources platform) and liquid credit (which consists of CLOs, closed-ended funds, open-ended funds and separately managed accounts). In addition, the segment includes an insurer-focused platform, an asset-based finance platform and publicly traded master limited partnership investment platform. These business segments are differentiated by their various investment strategies. Each of the segments primarily earns its income from management fees and investment returns on assets under management. Segment Distributable Earnings is Blackstone’s segment profitability measure used to make operating decisions and assess performance across Blackstone’s four segments. Segment Distributable Earnings represents the net realized earnings of Blackstone’s segments and is the sum of Fee Related Earnings and Net Realizations for each segment. Blackstone’s segments are presented on a basis that deconsolidates Blackstone Funds, eliminates non-controlling For segment reporting purposes, Segment Distributable Earnings is presented along with its major components, Fee Related Earnings and Net Realizations. Fee Related Earnings is used to assess Blackstone’s ability to generate profits from revenues that are measured and received on a recurring basis and not subject to future realization events. Net Realizations is the sum of Realized Principal Investment Income and Realized Performance Revenues less Realized Performance Compensation. Performance Allocations and Incentive Fees are presented together and referred to collectively as Performance Revenues or Performance Compensation. Segment Presentation The following tables present the financial data for Blackstone’s segments for the three months ended June 30, 2022 and 2021: Three Months Ended June 30, 2022 Real Private Hedge Fund Credit & Total Estate Equity Solutions Insurance Segments Management and Advisory Fees, Net Base Management Fees $ 611,751 $ 433,459 $ 145,077 $ 306,589 $ 1,496,876 Transaction, Advisory and Other Fees, Net 46,974 27,551 3,450 7,117 85,092 Management Fee Offsets (689 ) (23,157 ) (40 ) (1,165 ) (25,051 ) Total Management and Advisory Fees, Net 658,036 437,853 148,487 312,541 1,556,917 Fee Related Performance Revenues 265,507 — — 81,086 346,593 Fee Related Compensation (273,893 ) (152,622 ) (57,863 ) (137,035 ) (621,413 ) Other Operating Expenses (88,329 ) (83,233 ) (26,066 ) (63,882 ) (261,510 ) Fee Related Earnings 561,321 201,998 64,558 192,710 1,020,587 Realized Performance Revenues 1,997,720 122,884 7,197 78,973 2,206,774 Realized Performance Compensation (831,402 ) (57,380 ) (2,083 ) (36,109 ) (926,974 ) Realized Principal Investment Income (Loss) 29,116 8,904 (1,530 ) 7,019 43,509 Total Net Realizations 1,195,434 74,408 3,584 49,883 1,323,309 Total Segment Distributable Earnings $ 1,756,755 $ 276,406 $ 68,142 $ 242,593 $ 2,343,896 Three Months Ended June 30, 2021 Real Private Hedge Fund Credit & Total Estate Equity Solutions Insurance Segments Management and Advisory Fees, Net Base Management Fees $ 453,664 $ 364,606 $ 155,244 $ 166,537 $ 1,140,051 Transaction, Advisory and Other Fees, Net 38,080 32,272 1,558 6,215 78,125 Management Fee Offsets (493 ) (3,601 ) (203 ) (1,137 ) (5,434 ) Total Management and Advisory Fees, Net 491,251 393,277 156,599 171,615 1,212,742 Fee Related Performance Revenues 33,776 — — 15,113 48,889 Fee Related Compensation (121,957 ) (136,767 ) (38,638 ) (78,023 ) (375,385 ) Other Operating Expenses (54,760 ) (61,041 ) (21,873 ) (44,504 ) (182,178 ) Fee Related Earnings 348,310 195,469 96,088 64,201 704,068 Realized Performance Revenues 351,053 383,010 17,056 41,819 792,938 Realized Performance Compensation (154,928 ) (159,375 ) (5,626 ) (18,342 ) (338,271 ) Realized Principal Investment Income 28,129 27,796 2,125 5,082 63,132 Total Net Realizations 224,254 251,431 13,555 28,559 517,799 Total Segment Distributable Earnings $ 572,564 $ 446,900 $ 109,643 $ 92,760 $ 1,221,867 The following tables present the financial data for Blackstone’s four segments as of June 30, 2022 and for the six months ended June 30, 2022 and 2021: June 30, 2022 and the Six Months Then Ended Real Private Hedge Fund Credit & Total Estate Equity Solutions Insurance Segments Management and Advisory Fees, Net Base Management Fees $ 1,191,937 $ 854,931 $ 290,123 $ 599,034 $ 2,936,025 Transaction, Advisory and Other Fees, Net 87,459 40,209 4,919 16,514 149,101 Management Fee Offsets (1,649 ) (50,299 ) (109 ) (2,784 ) (54,841 ) Total Management and Advisory Fees, Net 1,277,747 844,841 294,933 612,764 3,030,285 Fee Related Performance Revenues 757,024 (648 ) — 148,282 904,658 Fee Related Compensation (618,735 ) (303,672 ) (105,098 ) (264,379 ) (1,291,884 ) Other Operating Expenses (154,332 ) (150,977 ) (49,250 ) (121,049 ) (475,608 ) Fee Related Earnings 1,261,704 389,544 140,585 375,618 2,167,451 Realized Performance Revenues 2,800,636 573,122 36,110 109,716 3,519,584 Realized Performance Compensation (1,121,433 ) (264,083 ) (11,083 ) (49,495 ) (1,446,094 ) Realized Principal Investment Income 83,091 74,342 13,371 29,800 200,604 Total Net Realizations 1,762,294 383,381 38,398 90,021 2,274,094 Total Segment Distributable Earnings $ 3,023,998 $ 772,925 $ 178,983 $ 465,639 $ 4,441,545 Segment Assets $ 14,267,173 $ 14,636,045 $ 2,777,317 $ 6,979,467 $ 38,660,002 Six Months Ended June 30, 2021 Real Private Hedge Fund Credit & Total Estate Equity Solutions Insurance Segments Management and Advisory Fees, Net Base Management Fees $ 880,850 $ 742,266 $ 305,777 $ 328,448 $ 2,257,341 Transaction, Advisory and Other Fees, Net 64,099 74,979 5,904 11,783 156,765 Management Fee Offsets (2,116 ) (17,520 ) (261 ) (3,262 ) (23,159 ) Total Management and Advisory Fees, Net 942,833 799,725 311,420 336,969 2,390,947 Fee Related Performance Revenues 189,168 — — 28,889 218,057 Fee Related Compensation (310,449 ) (277,364 ) (77,488 ) (155,194 ) (820,495 ) Other Operating Expenses (99,122 ) (112,096 ) (41,045 ) (91,339 ) (343,602 ) Fee Related Earnings 722,430 410,265 192,887 119,325 1,444,907 Realized Performance Revenues 439,691 638,855 48,629 67,086 1,194,261 Realized Performance Compensation (177,690 ) (270,584 ) (12,534 ) (28,387 ) (489,195 ) Realized Principal Investment Income 128,949 143,199 37,675 51,465 361,288 Total Net Realizations 390,950 511,470 73,770 90,164 1,066,354 Total Segment Distributable Earnings $ 1,113,380 $ 921,735 $ 266,657 $ 209,489 $ 2,511,261 Reconciliations of Total Segment Amounts The following tables reconcile the Total Segment Revenues, Expenses and Distributable Earnings to their equivalent GAAP measure for the three and six months ended June 30, 2022 and 2021 along with Total Assets as of June 30, 2022: Three Months Ended Six Months Ended June 30, June 30, 2022 2021 2022 2021 Revenues Total GAAP Revenues $ 629,220 $ 5,291,354 $ 5,755,500 $ 10,590,226 Less: Unrealized Performance Revenues (a) 3,467,668 (2,697,170 ) 2,174,618 (5,161,667 ) Less: Unrealized Principal Investment (Income) Loss (b) 203,288 (104,658 ) 176,530 (528,592 ) Less: Interest and Dividend Revenue (c) (66,143 ) (32,931 ) (120,628 ) (64,343 ) Less: Other Revenue (d) (155,704 ) (27,870 ) (228,523 ) (88,143 ) Impact of Consolidation (e) 75,099 (312,076 ) (102,497 ) (581,392 ) Transaction-Related Charges (f) (237 ) 12 (1,450 ) (3,611 ) Intersegment Eliminations 602 1,040 1,581 2,075 Total Segment Revenue (g) $ 4,153,793 $ 2,117,701 $ 7,655,131 $ 4,164,553 Three Months Ended Six Months Ended June 30, June 30, 2022 2021 2022 2021 Expenses Total GAAP Expenses $ 744,113 $ 2,272,330 $ 2,941,135 $ 4,323,777 Less: Unrealized Performance Allocations Compensation (h) 1,386,543 (1,150,219 ) 914,259 (2,200,188 ) Less: Equity-Based Compensation (i) (195,644 ) (121,422 ) (397,189 ) (265,694 ) Less: Interest Expense (j) (69,425 ) (44,132 ) (136,027 ) (88,472 ) Impact of Consolidation (e) (11,394 ) (6,647 ) (19,200 ) (11,747 ) Amortization of Intangibles (k) (17,044 ) (17,044 ) (34,088 ) (34,168 ) Transaction-Related Charges (f) (25,378 ) (35,521 ) (51,924 ) (67,032 ) Administrative Fee Adjustment (l) (2,476 ) (2,551 ) (4,961 ) (5,259 ) Intersegment Eliminations 602 1,040 1,581 2,075 Total Segment Expenses (m) $ 1,809,897 $ 895,834 $ 3,213,586 $ 1,653,292 Three Months Ended Six Months Ended June 30, June 30, 2022 2021 2022 2021 Other Income Total GAAP Other Income $ (104,339 ) $ 126,724 $ (52,702 ) $ 249,987 Impact of Consolidation (e) 104,339 (126,724 ) 52,702 (249,987 ) Total Segment Other Income $ — $ — $ — $ — Three Months Ended Six Months Ended June 30, June 30, 2022 2021 2022 2021 Income (Loss) Before Provision for Taxes Total GAAP Income (Loss) Before Provision for Taxes $ (219,232 ) $ 3,145,748 $ 2,761,663 $ 6,516,436 Less: Unrealized Performance Revenues (a) 3,467,668 (2,697,170 ) 2,174,618 (5,161,667 ) Less: Unrealized Principal Investment (Income) Loss (b) 203,288 (104,658 ) 176,530 (528,592 ) Less: Interest and Dividend Revenue (c) (66,143 ) (32,931 ) (120,628 ) (64,343 ) Less: Other Revenue (d) (155,704 ) (27,870 ) (228,523 ) (88,143 ) Plus: Unrealized Performance Allocations Compensation (h) (1,386,543 ) 1,150,219 (914,259 ) 2,200,188 Plus: Equity-Based Compensation (i) 195,644 121,422 397,189 265,694 Plus: Interest Expense (j) 69,425 44,132 136,027 88,472 Impact of Consolidation (e) 190,832 (432,153 ) (30,595 ) (819,632 ) Amortization of Intangibles (k) 17,044 17,044 34,088 34,168 Transaction-Related Charges (f) 25,141 35,533 50,474 63,421 Administrative Fee Adjustment (l) 2,476 2,551 4,961 5,259 Total Segment Distributable Earnings $ 2,343,896 $ 1,221,867 $ 4,441,545 $ 2,511,261 As of June 30, 2022 Total Assets Total GAAP Assets $ 41,631,308 Impact of Consolidation (e) (2,971,306 ) Total Segment Assets $ 38,660,002 Segment basis presents revenues and expenses on a basis that deconsolidates the investment funds Blackstone manages and excludes the amortization of intangibles and Transaction-Related Charges. (a) This adjustment removes Unrealized Performance Revenues on a segment basis. (b) This adjustment removes Unrealized Principal Investment Income (Loss) on a segment basis. (c) This adjustment removes Interest and Dividend Revenue on a segment basis. (d) This adjustment removes Other Revenue on a segment basis. For the three months ended June 30, 2022 and 2021, Other Revenue on a GAAP basis was $155.6 million and $27.9 million, and included $155.5 million and $27.3 million of foreign exchange gains, respectively. For the six months ended June 30, 2022 and 2021, Other Revenue on a GAAP basis was $228.5 million and $88.2 million, and included $228.2 million and $86.9 million of foreign exchange gains, respectively. (e) This adjustment reverses the effect of consolidating Blackstone Funds, which are excluded from Blackstone’s segment presentation. This adjustment includes the elimination of Blackstone’s interest in these funds, the removal of revenue from the reimbursement of certain expenses by the Blackstone Funds, which are presented gross under GAAP but netted against Management and Advisory Fees, Net in the Total Segment measures, and the removal of amounts associated with the ownership of Blackstone consolidated operating partnerships held by non-controlling (f) This adjustment removes Transaction-Related Charges, which are excluded from Blackstone’s segment presentation. Transaction-Related Charges arise from corporate actions including acquisitions, divestitures, and Blackstone’s initial public offering. They consist primarily of equity-based compensation charges, gains and losses on contingent consideration arrangements, changes in the balance of the Tax Receivable Agreement resulting from a change in tax law or similar event, transaction costs and any gains or losses associated with these corporate actions. (g) Total Segment Revenues is comprised of the following: Three Months Ended Six Months Ended June 30, 2022 2021 2022 2021 Total Segment Management and Advisory Fees, Net $ 1,556,917 $ 1,212,742 $ 3,030,285 $ 2,390,947 Total Segment Fee Related Performance Revenues 346,593 48,889 904,658 218,057 Total Segment Realized Performance Revenues 2,206,774 792,938 3,519,584 1,194,261 Total Segment Realized Principal Investment Income 43,509 63,132 200,604 361,288 Total Segment Revenues $ 4,153,793 $ 2,117,701 $ 7,655,131 $ 4,164,553 (h) This adjustment removes Unrealized Performance Allocations Compensation. (i) This adjustment removes Equity-Based Compensation on a segment basis. (j) This adjustment adds back Interest Expense on a segment basis, excluding interest expense related to the Tax Receivable Agreement. (k) This adjustment removes the amortization of transaction-related intangibles, which are excluded from Blackstone’s segment presentation. (l) This adjustment adds an amount equal to an administrative fee collected on a quarterly basis from certain holders of Blackstone Holdings Partnership Units. The administrative fee is accounted for as a capital contribution under GAAP, but is reflected as a reduction of Other Operating Expenses in Blackstone’s segment presentation. (m) Total Segment Expenses is comprised of the following: Three Months Ended Six Months Ended June 30, 2022 2021 2022 2021 Total Segment Fee Related Compensation $ 621,413 $ 375,385 $ 1,291,884 $ 820,495 Total Segment Realized Performance Compensation 926,974 338,271 1,446,094 489,195 Total Segment Other Operating Expenses 261,510 182,178 475,608 343,602 Total Segment Expenses $ 1,809,897 $ 895,834 $ 3,213,586 $ 1,653,292 Reconciliations of Total Segment Components The following tables reconcile the components of Total Segments to their equivalent GAAP measures, reported on the Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations for the three and six months ended June 30, 2022 and 2021: Three Months Ended Six Months Ended June 30, June 30, 2022 2021 2022 2021 Management and Advisory Fees, Net GAAP $ 1,561,187 $ 1,212,549 $ 3,037,123 $ 2,390,364 Segment Adjustment (a) (4,270 ) 193 (6,838 ) 583 Total Segment $ 1,556,917 $ 1,212,742 $ 3,030,285 $ 2,390,947 Three Months Ended Six Months Ended June 30, June 30, 2022 2021 2022 2021 GAAP Realized Performance Revenues to Total Segment Fee Related Performance Revenues GAAP Incentive Fees $ 99,598 $ 33,207 $ 204,087 $ 69,331 Investment Income - Realized Performance Allocations 2,453,769 808,620 4,220,155 1,342,987 GAAP 2,553,367 841,827 4,424,242 1,412,318 Total Segment Less: Realized Performance Revenues (2,206,774 ) (792,938 ) (3,519,584 ) (1,194,261 ) Total Segment $ 346,593 $ 48,889 $ 904,658 $ 218,057 Three Months Ended Six Months Ended June 30, June 30, 2022 2021 2022 2021 GAAP Compensation to Total Segment Fee Related Compensation GAAP Compensation $ 686,012 $ 507,104 $ 1,342,517 $ 1,049,742 Incentive Fee Compensation 45,363 14,431 86,382 27,756 Realized Performance Allocations Compensation 1,035,916 347,423 1,753,517 560,450 GAAP 1,767,291 868,958 3,182,416 1,637,948 Total Segment Less: Realized Performance Compensation (926,974 ) (338,271 ) (1,446,094 ) (489,195 ) Less: Equity-Based Compensation - Fee Related Compensation (191,769 ) (119,491 ) (392,156 ) (261,165 ) Less: Equity-Based Compensation - Performance Compensation (3,875 ) (1,931 ) (5,033 ) (4,529 ) Segment Adjustment (b) (23,260 ) (33,880 ) (47,249 ) (62,564 ) Total Segment $ 621,413 $ 375,385 $ 1,291,884 $ 820,495 Three Months Ended Six Months Ended June 30, June 30, 2022 2021 2022 2021 GAAP General, Administrative Total GAAP $ 289,288 $ 205,057 $ 529,962 $ 390,179 Segment Adjustment (c) (27,778 ) (22,879 ) (54,354 ) (46,577 ) Total Segment $ 261,510 $ 182,178 $ 475,608 $ 343,602 Three Months Ended Six Months Ended June 30, June 30, 2022 2021 2022 2021 Realized Performance Revenues GAAP Incentive Fees $ 99,598 $ 33,207 $ 204,087 $ 69,331 Investment Income - Realized Performance 2,453,769 808,620 4,220,155 1,342,987 GAAP 2,553,367 841,827 4,424,242 1,412,318 Total Segment Less: Fee Related Performance Revenues (346,593 ) (48,889 ) (904,658 ) (218,057 ) Total Segment $ 2,206,774 $ 792,938 $ 3,519,584 $ 1,194,261 Three Months Ended Six Months Ended June 30, June 30, 2022 2021 2022 2021 Realized Performance Compensation GAAP Incentive Fee Compensation $ 45,363 $ 14,431 $ 86,382 $ 27,756 Realized Performance Allocation Compensation 1,035,916 347,423 1,753,517 560,450 GAAP 1,081,279 361,854 1,839,899 588,206 Total Segment Less: Fee Related Performance Compensation (d) (150,430 ) (21,652 ) (388,772 ) (94,482 ) Less: Equity-Based Compensation - Performance Compensation (3,875 ) (1,931 ) (5,033 ) (4,529 ) Total Segment $ 926,974 $ 338,271 $ 1,446,094 $ 489,195 Three Months Ended Six Months Ended June 30, June 30, 2022 2021 2022 2021 Realized Principal Investment Income GAAP $ 265,161 $ 152,060 $ 550,265 $ 507,098 Segment Adjustment (e) (221,652 ) (88,928 ) (349,661 ) (145,810 ) Total Segment $ 43,509 $ 63,132 $ 200,604 $ 361,288 Segment basis presents revenues and expenses on a basis that deconsolidates the investment funds Blackstone manages and excludes the amortization of intangibles, the expense of equity-based awards and Transaction-Related Charges. (a) Represents (1) the add back of net management fees earned from consolidated Blackstone Funds which have been eliminated in consolidation, and (2) the removal of revenue from the reimbursement of certain expenses by the Blackstone Funds, which are presented gross under GAAP but netted against Management and Advisory Fees, Net in the Total Segment measures. (b) Represents the removal of Transaction-Related Charges that are not recorded in the Total Segment measures. (c) Represents the (1) removal of amortization of transaction-related intangibles, (2) removal of certain expenses reimbursed by the Blackstone Funds, which are presented gross under GAAP but netted against Management and Advisory Fees, Net in the Total Segment measures, and (3) a reduction equal to an administrative fee collected on a quarterly basis from certain holders of Blackstone Holdings Partnership Units which is accounted for as a capital contribution under GAAP, but is reflected as a reduction of Other Operating Expenses in Blackstone’s segment presentation. (d) Fee related performance compensation may include equity-based compensation based on fee related performance revenues. (e) Represents (1) the add back of Principal Investment Income, including general partner income, earned from consolidated Blackstone Funds which have been eliminated in consolidation, and (2) the removal of amounts associated with the ownership of Blackstone consolidated operating partnerships held by non-controlling |