J. Tomilson Hill
Finance and Investments

J. Tomilson Hill Net Worth

J. Tomilson Hill is a prominent mergers and acquisitions maven who was born in 1948 in New York, New York. He has worked for Lehman Brothers and Blackstone Group, and is currently the world's largest investor in hedge funds with $71 billion in assets. Hill graduated from Harvard College and Harvard Business School, and is an avid art collector with pieces from Andy Warhol and Francis Bacon. He also sits on the board at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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Age, Biography and Wiki

Birth Year 1948
Birth Place New York, New York, United States
Age 75 YEARS OLD
Education The Buckley School Milton Academy
Alma mater Harvard College Harvard Business School
Occupation hedge fund manager
Title Vice chairman, Blackstone Group President and CEO, Blackstone Alternative Asset Management
Spouse(s) Janine W. Hill
Children 2

💰 Net worth: $2.5 Billion (2024)

J. Tomilson Hill, a prominent figure in the world of finance and investments in the United States, is estimated to have a net worth of $2.5 billion in 2024. With a successful career spanning several decades, Hill has made a significant impact in the financial industry, particularly through his role as Vice Chairman of Blackstone Group, one of the world's largest investment firms. Hill's expertise and strategic approach have been instrumental in shaping the success of numerous investment ventures, solidifying his status as a highly respected figure in the field.

2015 $1.2 Billion
2016 $1.1 Billion
2017 $1.2 Billion
2018 $1.36 Billion

Biography/Timeline

1973

Hill started his career at First Boston in 1973, where he was one of the founding principals of its mergers and acquisitions department, and then moved to Smith Barney, where he served as the head of its mergers and acquisitions department. In 1982, he joined Lehman Brothers as a partner in its M&A department and later became head of M&A, head of Investment Banking and co-CEO.

2007

BAAM is currently the world's largest discretionary allocator to hedge funds, with Investors including mostly corporate and public pension funds, sovereign wealth funds and central banks. The business's growth from 2007 to 2013, at a time when the industry generally contracted substantially, was featured in a June 2013 Harvard Business Review case study. Hill has appeared at the 2014 Credit Suisse Financial Services Forum, the 2011 Milken Institute Global Conference, and the 2012 Bloomberg Hedge Fund Summit, among others. In 2014, Hill was inducted into Institutional Investor's Alpha's "Hedge Fund Hall of Fame".

2013

In 1993 Hill joined Blackstone, where he served as co-head of the corporate mergers and acquisitions advisory group. In 2007, he became vice chairman of the firm. Since 2000, he has served as President and chief executive of Blackstone's hedge fund Business, Blackstone Alternative Asset Management (BAAM), and has grown that business's assets under management from $1.3 billion in 2000 to $56 billion as of December 31, 2013.

2014

In 2014, the Frick Collection presented "Renaissance and Baroque Bronzes from the Hill Collection", a group of thirty-three statuettes from Hill's personal collection that date from the mid-fifteenth to the eighteenth centuries. In 2017, Hill will open a gallery on West 24th Street in Chelsea to exhibit his private collection.

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