POWER OF ATTORNEY

      Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and
appoints each of Stephen A. Schwarzman, Hamilton E. James, J. Tomilson Hill,
Bennett J. Goodman, Jonathan D. Gray, Michael S. Chae, Joan Solotar, John G.
Finley and Tabea Y. Hsi, signing singly, the undersigned's true and lawful
attorney-in-fact to:

(1)	execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's
capacity as an officer and/or director of Blackstone Group Management L.L.C.,
a Delaware limited liability company (the "General Partner") and the general
partner of The Blackstone Group L.P. (the "Partnership"), Forms 3, 4, and 5
in accordance with Section 16(a) of the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
as amended, and the rules thereunder;

(2)	do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned
which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3,
4, or 5, complete and execute any amendment or amendments thereto, and timely
file such form with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and any stock
exchange or similar authority; and

(3)	take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the
foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to,
in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being
understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of
the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and
shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve
in such attorney-in-fact's discretion.

	The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full
power and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever
requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights
and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the
undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of
substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such
attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney and the
rights and powers herein granted.  The undersigned acknowledges that the
foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the
undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the General Partner or the Partnership
assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16
of the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or the rules
thereunder.

      This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the
undersigned, after becoming subject to the requirements to file Forms 3, 4
and 5 with respect to the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in any
equity security or derivative security relating to the Partnership (whether
or not issued by the Partnership), ceases to be subject to those requirements,
unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to
the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

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      IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney
to be executed as of this 14th day of July, 2016.

/s/ James W. Breyer
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James W. Breyer