Videos in this playlist:

1. Leadership in Higher Education: the Vassar Institute for the Liberal Arts discusses efforts to develop inclusive leadership through the liberal arts with our global partners.
2. Fireside Chat with Tony James: Tony James, former Vice Chairman of Blackstone, spoke with Vassar’s President Bradley about the value of liberal arts education for success in all sectors.
3. Faculty and Student Reflections on the Liberal Arts: faculty and students from collaborative institutions discuss models for inclusive leadership.

Tony James is the Chairman of Jefferson River Capital. In 2018, he became Blackstone’s Executive Vice Chairman and, in 2002, he became the company’s President and Chief Operating Officer. During his tenure at Blackstone, he was a member of the Board of Directors, a member of the Management Committee, and sat on the firm’s investment committees.

Prior to his time at Blackstone, James was Chairman of Global Investment Banking and Private Equity at Credit Suisse First Boston and a member of the Executive Board. Before the acquisition of Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette by Credit Suisse First Boston in 2000, James was the Chairman of DLJ’s Banking Group, responsible for all the firm’s investment banking and merchant-banking activities.

James is Chairman of the Board of Directors of Costco Wholesale Corporation and has served on a number of other corporate and nonprofit boards and committees.

In 2018, he co-authored the second edition of Rescuing Retirement, a book proposing a solution to America’s looming retirement crisis. He has also published articles in the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, the Harvard Business Review, and other major publications.

James graduated magna cum laude with a BA from Harvard College in 1973 and was a John Harvard Scholar. He earned an MBA with high distinction from the Harvard Business School and graduated as a Baker Scholar in 1975.