***MEDIA ADVISORY***
TOMORROW: Blackstone Charitable Foundation to Join Bennet, Hickenlooper, University of Colorado Boulder School of Law to Announce Investment for CO Entrepreneurs
Denver, CO – Wednesday, April 23, at 10:00AM MT, the Blackstone Charitable Foundation together with Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet, Governor John Hickenlooper, and the Silicon Flatirons Center for Law, Technology, and Entrepreneurship at the University of Colorado Boulder School of Law will announce a major investment for Colorado’s entrepreneurs.
WHO: Jon Gray, Global head of Real Estate for The Blackstone Group
U.S. Senator Michael Bennet
Governor John Hickenlooper
Bruce Benson, President of the University of Colorado
Philip DiStefano, Chancellor of the University of Colorado Boulder
Amy Stursberg, Executive Director of the Blackstone Charitable Foundation
WHAT: Announcement of major investment for Colorado’s entrepreneurs
WHERE: Denver Art Museum – Ponti Hall
100 W. 14th Avenue, Denver
WHEN: TOMORROW, Wednesday, April 23, 2014 at 10:00 AM MT
Parking information can be found using the following link: http://www.denverartmuseum.org/visitor-info/hours-location-parking
Event speakers will be available for the media immediately following the event.
Please RSVP to Oriane Schwartzman at Oriane.Schwartzman@Blackstone.com, 646-241-8057, or Kristin Lynch, Kristin_Lynch@Bennet.Senate.gov, 303-883-3119
Press set-up begins at 9AM. A mult box will be available for audio feeds.
About The Blackstone Charitable Foundation:
The Blackstone Charitable Foundation was founded at the time of The Blackstone Group’s Initial Public Offering in 2007 with substantial commitments from the firm’s employees. Influenced by the enterprising heritage of the firm and its founders, The Blackstone Charitable Foundation is directing its resources and applying the intellectual capital of the firm to foster entrepreneurship in areas hardest hit by the global economic crisis. Through its investment expertise across several asset classes and geographies, Blackstone has a unique perspective on the global economy and a heightened understanding of how entrepreneurial activity is often the crucial catalyst in the growth of successful businesses, industries and communities. (For more information, see http://www.blackstone.com/citizenship/the-blackstone-charitable-foundation.)
