Do you paint yourself? Or…sing in a choir maybe? John Studzinski looks at me anxiously from the other side of a conference table, in a sleek little office belonging to his firm, Blackstone, the American private equity giant.
He’s normally a confident man; outspoken on the subject of leadership, networking and England’s art scene (which he generously props up).

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