Blackstone Group elevates India PE head Amit Dixit to head of Asia PE

Under Dixit, Blackstone did many big ticket deals in India, including a deal to acquire Piramal Glass from Ajay Piramal group at an enterprise valuation of Rs 7,500 cr

Global private equity major Blackstone Group has elevated Amit Dixit , senior managing director, co-head of Asia Acquisitions, and head of India for Blackstone Private Equity to the post of Asia private equity head, among a series of international promotions, Wall Street Journal said in a report.

Dixit received an MBA from Harvard Business School, an MS in Engineering from Stanford University, and a B.Tech. from Indian Institute of Technology Bombay. Dixit joined Blackstone in 2007 from another US-based PE major Warburg Pincus.

Blackstone did not offer any comments for the story .

Blackstone also appointed Martin Brand as head