Marcus Felder is a Managing Director in Portfolio Operations. He focuses on several strategic hiring programs with Blackstone’s portfolio companies. These programs include Blackstone Career Pathways, which aims to broaden the high-quality talent networks from which Blackstone portfolio companies recruit, develop and advance talent.

Prior to joining Blackstone in 2020, Marcus worked at the Posse Foundation, initially as a program director in the Posse New York office and then as the Posse Veterans Program. His experience included oversight of the highly selective scholarship selection process and relationship development and management with top-tier United States colleges/universities, non-profit organizations, military installations, veteran service organizations, and industry-leading companies and organizations. Before joining Posse, Marcus focused on peer mentor programs development as a founding staff member of the City University of New York Stella and Charles Guttman Community College and he also worked in the University Office of K-16 Initiatives, where he developed and managed college access, success, and transition programs for NYC public high school and CUNY community college students.

Marcus received a BS from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, an MPA from Syracuse University, and an MSEd from Baruch College.