J. Tomilson Hill
New York, New York
Master of Business Administration, Harvard Business School | Bachelor of Arts/Science, Harvard University
United States
investments, Self Made
$1,700,000,000
1605
#1605 Billionaires 2019
Mergers and acquisitions maven J. Tomilson "Tom" Hill started off his career at investment bank First Boston, where he cofounded the M&A department.Hill later became a partner at Lehman Brothers, where he befriended Blackstone cofounders Peter Peterson and Stephen Schwarzman. In 1993, after being ousted as co-CEO at Lehman, he joined Peterson and Schwarzman at Blackstone, their growing private equity firm.After the M&A market cooled in the 1990s, Hill transitioned to hedge funds at Blackstone, taking over the hedge fund group in 2000.Under Hill, the group has grown into the world's largest investor in hedge funds, with $77 billion in assets.
While at Lehman, Hill was involved in high profile deals such as Time Inc.'s $14 billion merger with Warner Communications, which created media behemoth Time Warner.Hill is an avid art collector, with a collection that reportedly includes pieces by Andy Warhol and Francis Bacon.
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