blackstone inc chief executive officer steve schwarzman took home 11 billion in dividends and compensation in 2021 in what amounts to one of wall street’s biggest annual payouts on record it was the first time that schwarzman 75 collected more than 1 billion in a year he generated 9416 million through dividends from his 19 stake in new yorkbased blackstone according to a regulatory filing friday he also earned 1603 million from compensation which is mostly profit tied to funds on top of a 350000 salary