Ethan Leidinger

Ethan Leidinger currently serves as a Senior Managing Director in Private Equity at Blackstone since September 2025. Prior to this role, Ethan held the position of Chief Operating Officer at Standard Investments from May 2013 to September 2025. Earlier in the career, Ethan was the Head of Investor Relations and Business Development at Woodbine Capital Advisors LP from November 2011 to April 2013, and served as the Director of Investor Relations at Select Equity Group, L.P. from July 2009 to October 2011. Ethan began the career at Goldman Sachs, first as an Associate in the Quantitative Strategies Group (June 2002 - August 2006) and later as a Vice President in Alternative Capital Markets (July 2008 - June 2009). Ethan earned a Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) from Stanford University Graduate School of Business (2006-2008), and a Bachelor's Degree from The Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University (1998-2002).