{"id":"hamilton-e-james","type":"person","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/hamilton-e-james","language":"en","name":"Hamilton E. James","name_en":"Hamilton E. James","name_ne":null,"description":"American businessperson. Founder and Chairman of Jefferson River Capital LLC. Former president and chief operating officer of The Blackstone Group","headline":"American businessperson. Founder and Chairman of Jefferson River Capital LLC. Former president and chief operating officer of The Blackstone Group","also_known_as":[],"summary":"Hamilton Evans \"Tony\" James (born February 3, 1951) is an American billionaire investor. He is the former president, chief operating officer, and executive vice chairman of Blackstone, a New York–based global asset management firm. James has been chairman of the multinational retail chain Costco since August 2017. Since 2021, he has been co-chair of the board of trustees of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.","summary_more":["As of March 2024, Forbes estimated his net worth at US$4.2 billion."],"facts":[{"key":"born","label":"Born","values":[{"text":"3 February 1951","date":"1951-02-03"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16149081#P569"}},{"key":"birthplace","label":"Place of birth","values":[{"text":"Wyandotte","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q594249"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16149081#P19"}},{"key":"citizenship","label":"Citizenship","values":[{"text":"United States","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q30"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16149081#P27"}},{"key":"occupation","label":"Occupation","values":[{"text":"businessperson","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q43845"},{"text":"business executive","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2961975"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16149081#P106"}},{"key":"education","label":"Education","values":[{"text":"Harvard Business School","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q49126"},{"text":"Choate Rosemary Hall","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5103452"},{"text":"Harvard College","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q49123"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16149081#P69"}},{"key":"positions","label":"Positions held","values":[{"text":"board of directors member (since August 1988)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q55168644","start":"1988-08"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16149081#P39"}}],"office":null,"sections":[],"cited":[],"cited_from":null,"videos":[],"last_reviewed":null,"organizations":[],"same_as":["https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamilton_E._James","https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16149081"],"faq":[{"q":"When was Hamilton E. James born?","a":"Hamilton E. James was born on 3 February 1951 in Wyandotte."},{"q":"What positions has Hamilton E. James held?","a":"Positions held by Hamilton E. James include: board of directors member (since August 1988)."},{"q":"Where did Hamilton E. James study?","a":"Hamilton E. James was educated at Harvard Business School, Choate Rosemary Hall, Harvard College."}],"related":[{"name":"Shantanu Narayen","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/shantanu-narayen"},{"name":"Muhtar Kent","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/muhtar-kent"},{"name":"Byron Trott","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/byron-trott"},{"name":"Ram Shriram","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/ram-shriram"},{"name":"Nathan Blecharczyk","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/nathan-blecharczyk"},{"name":"Joe Gebbia","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/joe-gebbia"}],"places_in":[],"nearby":[],"image":null,"sources":[{"label":"Wikipedia (English): Hamilton E. James","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamilton_E._James","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"},{"label":"Wikidata item Q16149081","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16149081","license":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"}],"license":{"text":"CC BY-SA 4.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","facts":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},"attribution":"Text from the Wikipedia article Hamilton E. James, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page's text is shared under the same licence. Facts from Wikidata (CC0).","cite":"\"Hamilton E. James\". DigiNepal. Last updated 31 October 2026. https://diginpl.com/people/hamilton-e-james. Retrieved 6 November 2026.","date_modified":"2026-10-31T11:28:20Z","facts_checked":"2026-11-06","alternates":{"html":"https://diginpl.com/people/hamilton-e-james","en":"https://diginpl.com/people/hamilton-e-james","ne":"https://diginpl.com/people/hamilton-e-james?lang=ne"}}