Lionel Assant
Senior Managing Director and Head of European Private Equity at Blackstone Group
London, UK
About
Lionel Assant is Senior Managing Director and European Head of Private Equity for Blackstone, based in London. Since joining Blackstone in 2003, Lionel Assant has been involved in various European investments and investment opportunities. Before joining Blackstone, Lionel Assant worked for seven years at Goldman Sachs in the Mergers & Acquisitions, Asset Management and Private Equity divisions. Lionel Assant graduated from the Ecole Polytechnique with a Master’s degree in Economics. He serves as a Director of Tangerine, Intertrust and Alliance Automotive Group. Lionel Assant served on the boards of Gerresheimer, Mivisa and United Biscuits. He is also a Trustee of Impetus-PEF, a charitable foundation which provides resources to improve the lives of children and young people living in poverty.
Position in the VCSift Database
- • 40 investors at Blackstone Group are tracked.
- • 1 investors hold the Senior Managing Director and Head of European Private Equity role in VCSift. Lionel Assant is one of them.
- • 8,972 investors are based in London, England, United Kingdom.
Data sourced from 410,343 investor profiles. Updated July 2026.
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- Location
- London, UK
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