Blackstone’s board of directors and executives are the best of the crop.

The Bank of America Corporation has five major board members.
Kenneth D. Lewis is the president and chief executive officer of Countrywide Financial Corporation. Lewis has been Bank of America Corporation’s president since July 1, 2004 and from October 1999 to April 2001, he served as the bank’s chief operating officer. He acts as president and [...]

Guided by its clear corporate vision of connecting people in new and better ways, Nokia leadership has provided focus, direction, motivation, unity and excitement to the company that has led to its superior performance.
Nokia’s Group Executive Board is the body responsible for managing its global operations. Appointed by the Board of Directors, The Chairman [...]

JP Morgan Chase is well respected and highly established in the fields of financial services, commercial and small business banking, asset administration, private equity, and investment banking.
The following are the company’s board members.
Crandall C. Bowles has been a director of JP Morgan Chase since 2006. She has been Springs Industries Incorporated’s chairman since 1998, and [...]

GlaxoSmithKline is a leading pharmaceutical company and manufacturer of quality prescription and non-prescription drugs. It also has one of the best lineups of board directors.
Sir Richard Sykes is the company’s non-executive chairman and was Glaxo Wellcome plc’s chairman in 1997. He is the Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine’s Rector.
Sir Roger Hurn is GSK’s [...]

The recognition given to General Mills as one of the “World’s Most Ethical Companies” is proof that General Mills’ team of board members has led the company well.
Kendall J. Powell has been the chief executive officer of the company since September 2007 and became chairman May 2008. Powell is also a member of the boards [...]

GE’s Board of Directors, GE’s success as a technology/services conglomerate would not be possible.

Texas Instruments (TI), a Dallas-based electronics corporation, manufactures semiconductors and designs educational technology.

Intel Corporation gathers some of the industry’s best for its board of directors.
Its current President, Paul S. Otellini, became the 5th chief executive officer in May 2005. He previously served as chief operating officer. Otellini first worked for Intel in 1974.
Craig R. Barrett, former CEO of Intel Co., is now the chairman of the board. [...]

Thompson Dean
Thompson Dean co-founded Avista Capital in 2005 and currently serves as the firm’s co-managing partner and chief executive officer. Before Avista Capital was established, he was already a successful finance professional who worked with DLJ Merchant Banking Partners for 10 years. Thompson Dean also excelled in college and was a Baker Scholar in Harvard [...]