Verdun Perry

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Biography

Mr. Verdun Perry serves as Global Head of Strategic Partners at Blackstone. He joined Strategic Partners when it was founded in 2000 and chairs the investment committee for each of Strategic Partners' funds. He is the Vice-Chairman of Sponsors for Educational Opportunity (SEO), an organization focused on narrowing the opportunity gap for minority high school and college students, as well as increasing diversity in the financial services industry. Mr. Perry also serves on the boards of Morehouse College, where he is a member of the Financial Sustainability Committee, the Partnership for Education Advancement, the New York Police & Fire Widows' & Children's Benefit Fund, and is the Chairman of the Blackstone Charitable Foundation. Mr. Perry founded Blackstone's Diverse Professionals Network ("DPN") in 2014 and chaired the network for its first 6 years. Mr. Perry was a member of the David Rockefeller Fellows Class of 2016. In 2021, Mr. Perry was selected as a Fellow of the fifth class of the Finance Leaders Fellowship Program and a member of the Aspen Global Leadership Network. Before joining Strategic Partners, Mr. Perry was with Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette, and Bozell, Jacobs, Kenyon, and Eckhardt, Inc. Mr. Perry also worked in the Investment Banking Division at Morgan Stanley.