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Blackstone COO Jonathan Gray's LinkedIn Jogging Videos Gain Millions of Views
Jonathan Gray, president and chief operating officer of Blackstone, has filmed nearly 50 jogging videos in the past year, averaging over 100,000 views each on LinkedIn. His posts, including a January clip from a snowy Central Park that garnered 2.7 million views, blend personal insights with investment advice.
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Blackstone president and chief operating officer Jonathan Gray jogged through several inches of fresh snow in Central Park, New York City, on a Sunday in January when temperatures dipped to nine degrees amid the city's largest snowfall in years. Gray, 56, recorded a 42-second video during the jog, sounding slightly out of breath as snow fell around him and a friend carried the camera phone.
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“This is a tough environment,” Gray said in the video.
’ It also reminds me of investing. Conditions are not always perfect. 7 million views on LinkedIn, according to @FortuneMagazine reported. Gray has filmed nearly 50 jogging videos in the past year, with his LinkedIn posts regularly generating nearly 440,000 impressions and averaging more than 100,000 views per video.
9 million views, Blackstone stated. “I’m the accidental influencer here,” Gray said. Blackstone, the world’s largest alternative asset manager, oversees about $1 trillion in assets and ranks No.
321 on the Fortune 500. Gray joined Blackstone in 1992 fresh out of college and was appointed COO in 2018. Since 2018, Blackstone’s assets under management have roughly doubled, and its client base has expanded across new geographies.
Christine Anderson, Blackstone’s global head of corporate affairs, suggested Gray start posting videos, though Gray said he was initially resistant. In 2025, over two-thirds of Fortune 100 CEOs had at least one social media account, according to H/Advisors Abernathy. Of those Fortune 100 CEOs with social media accounts in 2025, 71% posted at least once per month, H/Advisors Abernathy reported.
