Chris Sullivan is a Senior Managing Director and the Head of Blackstone Sponsor Coverage based in New York. Mr. Sullivan focuses on developing our firmwide relationships with private equity firms, as well as originating investment opportunities for the various funds at BX.

Mr. Sullivan joined Blackstone in 2021 as the Head of Sponsor and Advisor Coverage for Blackstone Credit and Insurance.  Prior to that, Mr. Sullivan spent over 20 years at Barclays/Lehman Brothers, most recently as the Global Head of Financial Sponsor Coverage and a member of the Investment Banking Operating Committee. He led the business responsible for all the firm's activities with private equity clients, including transactions across Leveraged Finance, M&A and Equity.

Mr. Sullivan graduated with a BA in Economics & Accounting from the College of the Holy Cross, and earned his MBA from the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania.