Blackstone’s (BX) Schwarzman Still The Biggest Earner In Private Equity

Study of the earnings of the wealthiest operators on Wall Street have confirmed Stephen Schwarzman still stands on top. Schwarzman, chief executive at the Blackstone Group (NYSE:BX) was confirmed to have taken home around $139.5 million in 2011. Schwarzman continues his run at the top having also secured the title in 2010. The figures come from four private equity firms that have already gone public, like Blackstone, and those that hope to do so like the Carlyle Group. That firm filed to go Public in 2011. It's top executive David Rubenstein came in second just below Schwarzman with a total of $137.8 million. In third place was Leon Black...