Segment Reporting | 20. Segment Reporting Blackstone transacts its primary business in the United States and substantially all of its revenues are generated domestically. 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, 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. • Credit & Insurance – Blackstone’s Credit & Insurance segment consists principally of Blackstone Credit, which is organized into two overarching strategies: private credit (which includes mezzanine direct lending funds, private placement strategies, stressed/distressed strategies and energy strategies) 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. • 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. 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. For the year ended December 31, 2022, Blackstone Real Estate Investment Trust (“BREIT”), a vehicle in the Real Estate segment accounted for $841.3 million of Blackstone’s Management and Advisory Fees, Net. Generally, Blackstone identifies the customer as the investors in its managed funds and investment vehicles; but for certain widely held vehicles like BREIT, the fund or investment vehicle is determined to be the customer. Blackstone evaluates the major customer disclosure in the context of its revenue streams as determined under the GAAP guidance for contracts with customers which includes Management and Advisory Fees, Net and Incentive Fees. For the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020, no individual customer constituted more than 10% of Blackstone’s Management and Advisory Fees, Net and Incentive Fees. 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 ownership interests in Blackstone’s consolidated operating partnerships, removes the amortization of intangible assets and removes Transaction-Related Charges. 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. 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 four segments as of December 31, 2022 and 2021, and for the years ended December 31, 2022, 2021 and 2020. December 31, 2022 and the Year Then Ended Real Estate Private Equity Credit & Hedge Fund Total Segments Management and Advisory Fees, Net Base Management Fees $ 2,462,179 $ 1,786,923 $ 1,230,710 $ 565,226 $ 6,045,038 Transaction, Advisory and Other Fees, Net 171,424 97,876 34,624 6,193 310,117 Management Fee Offsets (10,538 ) (56,062 ) (5,432 ) (177 ) (72,209 ) Total Management and Advisory Fees, Net 2,623,065 1,828,737 1,259,902 571,242 6,282,946 Fee Related Performance Revenues 1,075,424 (648 ) 374,721 — 1,449,497 Fee Related Compensation (1,039,125 ) (575,194 ) (529,784 ) (186,672 ) (2,330,775 ) Other Operating Expenses (315,331 ) (304,177 ) (264,181 ) (105,334 ) (989,023 ) Fee Related Earnings 2,344,033 948,718 840,658 279,236 4,412,645 Realized Performance Revenues 2,985,713 1,191,028 147,413 137,184 4,461,338 Realized Performance Compensation (1,168,045 ) (544,229 ) (63,846 ) (37,977 ) (1,814,097 ) Realized Principal Investment Income 150,790 139,767 80,993 24,706 396,256 Total Net Realizations 1,968,458 786,566 164,560 123,913 3,043,497 Total Segment Distributable Earnings $ 4,312,491 $ 1,735,284 $ 1,005,218 $ 403,149 $ 7,456,142 Segment Assets $ 14,637,693 $ 14,142,313 $ 6,346,001 $ 2,821,753 $ 37,947,760 December 31, 2021 and the Year Then Ended Real Estate Private Equity Credit & Hedge Fund Total Segments Management and Advisory Fees, Net Base Management Fees $ 1,895,412 $ 1,521,273 $ 765,905 $ 636,685 $ 4,819,275 Transaction, Advisory and Other Fees, Net 160,395 174,905 44,868 11,770 391,938 Management Fee Offsets (3,499 ) (33,247 ) (6,653 ) (572 ) (43,971 ) Total Management and Advisory Fees, Net 2,052,308 1,662,931 804,120 647,883 5,167,242 Fee Related Performance Revenues 1,695,019 212,128 118,097 — 2,025,244 Fee Related Compensation (1,161,349 ) (662,824 ) (367,322 ) (156,515 ) (2,348,010 ) Other Operating Expenses (234,505 ) (264,468 ) (199,912 ) (94,792 ) (793,677 ) Fee Related Earnings 2,351,473 947,767 354,983 396,576 4,050,799 Realized Performance Revenues 1,119,612 2,263,099 209,421 290,980 3,883,112 Realized Performance Compensation (443,220 ) (943,199 ) (94,450 ) (76,701 ) (1,557,570 ) Realized Principal Investment Income 196,869 263,368 70,796 56,733 587,766 Total Net Realizations 873,261 1,583,268 185,767 271,012 2,913,308 Total Segment Distributable Earnings $ 3,224,734 $ 2,531,035 $ 540,750 $ 667,588 $ 6,964,107 Segment Assets $ 14,866,437 $ 15,242,626 $ 6,522,091 $ 2,791,939 $ 39,423,093 Year Ended December 31, 2020 Real Estate Private Equity Credit & Hedge Fund Total Segments Management and Advisory Fees, Net Base Management Fees $ 1,553,483 $ 1,232,028 $ 603,713 $ 582,830 $ 3,972,054 Transaction, Advisory and Other Fees, Net 98,225 82,440 21,311 5,899 207,875 Management Fee Offsets (13,020 ) (44,628 ) (10,466 ) (650 ) (68,764 ) Total Management and Advisory Fees, Net 1,638,688 1,269,840 614,558 588,079 4,111,165 Fee Related Performance Revenues 338,161 — 40,515 — 378,676 Fee Related Compensation (618,105 ) (455,538 ) (261,214 ) (161,713 ) (1,496,570 ) Other Operating Expenses (183,132 ) (195,213 ) (165,114 ) (79,758 ) (623,217 ) Fee Related Earnings 1,175,612 619,089 228,745 346,608 2,370,054 Realized Performance Revenues 787,768 877,493 20,943 179,789 1,865,993 Realized Performance Compensation (312,698 ) (366,949 ) (3,476 ) (31,224 ) (714,347 ) Realized Principal Investment Income 24,764 72,089 7,970 54,110 158,933 Total Net Realizations 499,834 582,633 25,437 202,675 1,310,579 Total Segment Distributable Earnings $ 1,675,446 $ 1,201,722 $ 254,182 $ 549,283 $ 3,680,633 Reconciliations of Total Segment Amounts The following tables reconcile the Total Segment Revenues, Expenses and Distributable Earnings to their equivalent GAAP measure for the years ended December 31, 2022, 2021 and 2020 along with Total Assets as of December 31, 2022 and 2021: Year Ended December 31, 2022 2021 2020 Revenues Total GAAP Revenues $ 8,517,673 $ 22,577,148 $ 6,101,927 Less: Unrealized Performance Revenues (a) 3,436,978 (8,675,246 ) 384,758 Less: Unrealized Principal Investment (Income) Loss (b) 1,235,529 (679,767 ) 101,742 Less: Interest and Dividend Revenue (c) (285,075 ) (163,044 ) (130,112 ) Less: Other Revenue (d) (183,754 ) (202,885 ) 253,693 Impact of Consolidation (e) (109,379 ) (1,197,854 ) (234,148 ) Amortization of Intangibles (f) — — 1,548 Transaction-Related Charges (g) (24,656 ) 660 29,837 Intersegment Eliminations 2,721 4,352 5,522 Total Segment Revenue (h) $ 12,590,037 $ 11,663,364 $ 6,514,767 Year Ended December 31, 2022 2021 2020 Expenses Total GAAP Expenses $ 4,973,025 $ 9,476,617 $ 3,479,566 Less: Unrealized Performance Allocations Compensation (i) 1,470,588 (3,778,048 ) 154,516 Less: Equity-Based Compensation (j) (782,090 ) (559,537 ) (333,767 ) Less: Interest Expense (k) (316,569 ) (196,632 ) (165,022 ) Impact of Consolidation (e) (61,644 ) (25,673 ) (26,088 ) Amortization of Intangibles (f) (60,481 ) (68,256 ) (64,436 ) Transaction-Related Charges (g) (81,789 ) (143,378 ) (210,892 ) Administrative Fee Adjustment (l) (9,866 ) (10,188 ) (5,265 ) Intersegment Eliminations 2,721 4,352 5,522 Total Segment Expenses (m) $ 5,133,895 $ 4,699,257 $ 2,834,134 Year Ended December 31, 2022 2021 2020 Other Income Total GAAP Other Income $ (82,859 ) $ 458,865 $ (4,841 ) Impact of Consolidation (e) 82,859 (458,865 ) 4,841 Total Segment Other Income $ — $ — $ — Year Ended December 31, 2022 2021 2020 Income Before Provision for Taxes Total GAAP Income Before Provision for Taxes $ 3,461,789 $ 13,559,396 $ 2,617,520 Less: Unrealized Performance Revenues (a) 3,436,978 (8,675,246 ) 384,758 Less: Unrealized Principal Investment (Income) Loss (b) 1,235,529 (679,767 ) 101,742 Less: Interest and Dividend Revenue (c) (285,075 ) (163,044 ) (130,112 ) Less: Other Revenue (d) (183,754 ) (202,885 ) 253,693 Plus: Unrealized Performance Allocations Compensation (i) (1,470,588 ) 3,778,048 (154,516 ) Plus: Equity-Based Compensation (j) 782,090 559,537 333,767 Plus: Interest Expense (k) 316,569 196,632 165,022 Impact of Consolidation (e) 35,124 (1,631,046 ) (203,219 ) Amortization of Intangibles (f) 60,481 68,256 65,984 Transaction-Related Charges (g) 57,133 144,038 240,729 Administrative Fee Adjustment (l) 9,866 10,188 5,265 Total Segment Distributable Earnings $ 7,456,142 $ 6,964,107 $ 3,680,633 As of December 31, 2022 2021 Total Assets Total GAAP Assets $ 42,524,227 $ 41,196,408 Impact of Consolidation (e) (4,576,467 ) (1,773,315 ) Total Segment Assets $ 37,947,760 $ 39,423,093 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 years ended December 31, 2022, 2021 and 2020, Other Revenue on a GAAP basis was $184.6 million, $203.1 million and $(253.1) million and included $182.9 million, $200.6 million and $(257.8) million of foreign exchange gains (losses), 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 interests. (f) This adjustment removes the amortization of transaction-related intangibles, which are excluded from Blackstone’s segment presentation. This amount includes amortization of intangibles associated with Blackstone’s investment in Pátria, which was historically accounted for under the equity method. As a result of Pátria’s IPO in January 2021, equity method has been discontinued and there is no longer amortization of intangibles associated with the investment. (g) 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. (h) Total Segment Revenues is comprised of the following: Year Ended December 31, 2022 2021 2020 Total Segment Management and Advisory Fees, Net $ 6,282,946 $ 5,167,242 $ 4,111,165 Total Segment Fee Related Performance Revenues 1,449,497 2,025,244 378,676 Total Segment Realized Performance Revenues 4,461,338 3,883,112 1,865,993 Total Segment Realized Principal Investment Income 396,256 587,766 158,933 Total Segment Revenues $ 12,590,037 $ 11,663,364 $ 6,514,767 (i) This adjustment removes Unrealized Performance Allocations Compensation. (j) This adjustment removes Equity-Based Compensation on a segment basis. (k) This adjustment adds back Interest Expense on a segment basis, excluding interest expense related to the Tax Receivable Agreement. (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: Year Ended December 31, 2022 2021 2020 Total Segment Fee Related Compensation $ 2,330,775 $ 2,348,010 $ 1,496,570 Total Segment Realized Performance Compensation 1,814,097 1,557,570 714,347 Total Segment Other Operating Expenses 989,023 793,677 623,217 Total Segment Expenses $ 5,133,895 $ 4,699,257 $ 2,834,134 Reconciliations of Total Segment Components The following tables reconcile the components of Total Segments to their equivalent GAAP measures, reported on the Consolidated Statement of Operations for the years ended December 31, 2022, 2021 and 2020: Year Ended December 31, 2022 2021 2020 Management and Advisory Fees, Net GAAP $ 6,303,315 $ 5,170,707 $ 4,092,549 Segment Adjustment (a) (20,369 ) (3,465 ) 18,616 Total Segment $ 6,282,946 $ 5,167,242 $ 4,111,165 Year Ended December 31, 2022 2021 2020 GAAP Realized Performance Revenues to Total Segment Fee Related Performance Revenues GAAP Incentive Fees $ 525,127 $ 253,991 $ 138,661 Investment Income — Realized Performance Allocations 5,381,640 5,653,452 2,106,000 GAAP 5,906,767 5,907,443 2,244,661 Total Segment Less: Realized Performance Revenues (4,461,338 ) (3,883,112 ) (1,865,993 ) Segment Adjustment (b) 4,068 913 8 Total Segment $ 1,449,497 $ 2,025,244 $ 378,676 Year Ended December 31, 2022 2021 2020 GAAP Compensation to Total Segment Fee Related Compensation GAAP Compensation $ 2,569,780 $ 2,161,973 $ 1,855,619 Incentive Fee Compensation 207,998 98,112 44,425 Realized Performance Allocations Compensation 2,225,264 2,311,993 843,230 GAAP 5,003,042 4,572,078 2,743,274 Total Segment Less: Realized Performance Compensation (1,814,097 ) (1,557,570 ) (714,347 ) Less: Equity-Based Compensation — Fee Related Compensation (772,170 ) (551,263 ) (326,116 ) Less: Equity-Based Compensation — Performance Compensation (9,920 ) (8,274 ) (7,651 ) Segment Adjustment (c) (76,080 ) (106,961 ) (198,590 ) Total Segment $ 2,330,775 $ 2,348,010 $ 1,496,570 Year Ended December 31, 2022 2021 2020 GAAP General, Administrative and Other to Total Segment Other Operating Expenses GAAP $ 1,092,671 $ 917,847 $ 711,782 Segment Adjustment (d) (103,648 ) (124,170 ) (88,565 ) Total Segment $ 989,023 $ 793,677 $ 623,217 Year Ended December 31, 2022 2021 2020 Realized Performance Revenues GAAP Incentive Fees $ 525,127 $ 253,991 $ 138,661 Investment Income — Realized Performance Allocations 5,381,640 5,653,452 2,106,000 GAAP 5,906,767 5,907,443 2,244,661 Total Segment Less: Fee Related Performance Revenues (1,449,497 ) (2,025,244 ) (378,676 ) Segment Adjustment (b) 4,068 913 8 Total Segment $ 4,461,338 $ 3,883,112 $ 1,865,993 Year Ended December 31, 2022 2021 2020 Realized Performance Compensation GAAP Incentive Fee Compensation $ 207,998 $ 98,112 $ 44,425 Realized Performance Allocations Compensation 2,225,264 2,311,993 843,230 GAAP 2,433,262 2,410,105 887,655 Total Segment Less: Fee Related Performance Compensation (e) (609,245 ) (844,261 ) (165,657 ) Less: Equity-Based Compensation — Performance Compensation (9,920 ) (8,274 ) (7,651 ) Total Segment $ 1,814,097 $ 1,557,570 $ 714,347 Year Ended December 31, 2022 2021 2020 Realized Principal Investment Income GAAP $ 850,327 $ 1,003,822 $ 391,628 Segment Adjustment (f) (454,071 ) (416,056 ) (232,695 ) Total Segment $ 396,256 $ 587,766 $ 158,933 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 add back of Performance Revenues earned from consolidated Blackstone Funds which have been eliminated in consolidation. (c) Represents the removal of Transaction-Related Charges that are not recorded in the Total Segment measures. (d) 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. (e) Fee related performance compensation may include equity-based compensation based on fee related performance revenues. (f) 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 interests. |