The acquisitions this week and Apollo 's new $ 12 billion fund have catapulted Mr. Black , 55 , a former lieutenant of Michael R. Milken , into the upper echelons of private equity -- in a league with Henry R. Kravis of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts and Stephen A. Schwarzman of the Blackstone Group .
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