According to people familiar with the matter, Joe Baratta, head of private equity strategy at Blackstone Group, is in talks to leave his job before the end of the year, thus ending his 28-year career with the company. Baratta is Blackstone's key deal maker and a long-time representative figure of its iconic M&A fund. Baratta joined Blackstone in 1998 and was in charge of its private equity business for about 13 years. She moved to a new position last year to be responsible for global private equity strategies. If Baratta leaves the job, it will mean that Kuroishi will lose another executive this year. Previously, Nadeem Meghji, head of Blackstone Real Estate, and Jon Korngold, head of growth strategy, had resigned.

According to people familiar with the matter, Joe Baratta, head of private equity strategy at Blackstone Group, is in talks to leave his job before the end of the year, thus ending his 28-year career with the company. Baratta is Blackstone's key deal maker and a long-time representative figure of its iconic M&A fund. Baratta joined Blackstone in 1998 and was in charge of its private equity business for about 13 years. She moved to a new position last year to be responsible for global private equity strategies. If Baratta leaves the job, it will mean that Kuroishi will lose another executive this year. Previously, Nadeem Meghji, head of Blackstone Real Estate, and Jon Korngold, head of growth strategy, had resigned.