Jon Gray, President and COO of Blackstone, poses for a portrait at the Blackstone Group headquarters in New York City, U.S., January 18, 2023. Jon Gray, President and COO of Blackstone, poses for a portrait at the Blackstone Group headquarters in New York City, U.S., January 18, 2023. In a recent meeting with investors, Jon Gray, the president of Blackstone, played a clip of the 1967 classic film "The Graduate." A screenshot of Jon Gray of Blackstone standing in front of the firm's edit to an iconic scene in The Graduate. A screenshot of Blackstone's Jon Gray in front of two versions of its latest commercial, one of which was made by generative AI.