Joe baratta blackstone biography
Joe baratta blackstone biography
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Joseph Baratta
American businessman
Joseph Baratta is an American businessman who is Global Head of Private Equity at the asset management firm Blackstone.[1]
Early life
Born in Sacramento, California, Baratta graduated from Jesuit High School in the Sacramento area in , then Georgetown University, from which he graduated magna cum laude in
Career
Baratta joined Blackstone in He moved to London in to establish Blackstone’s private equity business in Europe.
In he became a Senior Managing Director of the firm and Head of European Private Equity in In July he was named the Global Head of Private Equity.[2]
He has led some of Blackstone’s most successful investments like SeaWorld Parks and Entertainment, Merlin Entertainments (the owner of the Legoland theme parks, the London Eye, Madame Tussauds and many other well known visitor attractions), Center Parcs and Southern Cross.
Before joining Blackstone, Baratta worked for investment firms Tinicum Inco