Little could be done for children with duchin muscular dystrophy until the gene responsible

for the disease was known.

Hear about the possibilities geneticists are now exploring on the latest episode of Targeting

the Toughest Diseases, a new podcast by Bloomberg Media Studios and Vertex Pharmaceuticals.

This is Mester's in Business with Barry Redholz on Bloomberg Radio.

Strap yourself in for this one.

It's absolutely fascinating.

Kathleen McCarthy is the global co-head of real estate for private equity giant Blackstone.

She and her team manages over $565 billion in real estate assets.

If you are all interested in commercial real estate, residential real estate, logistics,

warehouse, laboratory and medical facilities, multi-family and apartments, offices on

and on in the US, in Western Europe, in Asia, India, Japan, this is just a two to four

years education on how to invest in global real estate.

Blackstone has been in the space for over 30 years.

According to their 10k filings, their opportunistic fund is up 16% a year over those 30 year

periods.

That's really an astonishing return.

Kathleen has been with Blackstone since 2010.

I just can't say enough as to how absolutely fascinating and knowledgeable and intriguing

this conversation is.

You won't hear the gaps between her answers and my questions because we edit that out.

But she answers a question.

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