of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts from 2004 to 2010. In December 2018, Schwarzman was awarded the Order of the Aztec Eagle, Mexico's highest honor for foreigners, by President Enrique Peña Nieto in recognition of Schwarzman's work on behalf of the U.S. in support of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement. In 2019, Schwarzman wrote his first book titled, What It Takes: Lessons in the Pursuit of Excellence, "which draws from his experiences in business, philanthropy and public service." His book became a New York Times Best Seller. However, the title was included with a dagger next to it, used to indicate that retailers reported receiving bulk purchases. See also Hamilton E. James Park Avenue: Money, Power and the American Dream, a documentary about the wealth gap that refers to Schwarzman. References Further reading King of Capital: The Remarkable Rise, Fall, and Rise Again of Steve Schwarzman and Blackstone. Greed and Glory on Wall Street—The Fall of the House of Lehman by Ken Auletta, The Overlook Press, New York, External links 1947 births Living people 20th-century American businesspeople 21st-century American businesspeople 21st-century philanthropists American billionaires American chairpersons of corporations American chief executives of financial services companies American financial company founders American financiers American investment bankers American investors American money managers American philanthropists Benefactors of Yale University Businesspeople from Pennsylvania Chief executives in the finance industry Harvard Business School alumni Jewish American philanthropists Lehman Brothers people New York (state) Republicans People from Montgomery County, Pennsylvania Private equity and venture capital investors Stock and commodity market managers The Blackstone Group people Yale College alumni Yale School of Management faculty People named in the Paradise Papers 21st-century American Jews