BX vs CI Comparison

Blackstone is the world's largest alternative-asset manager with $1.304 trillion in total assets under management, including $937.6 billion in fee-earning assets under management, at the end of March 2026. The company operates with scale in each of its major product lines: private equity (27% of fee-earning AUM and 34% of base management fees), real estate/real assets (30% and 33%), credit and insurance (33% and 26%), and other alternatives (10% and 7%). While the firm primarily serves institutional investors (84% of AUM), it also caters to clients in the high-net-worth channel (16%). Blackstone operates through 25 offices in the Americas (8), Europe and the Middle East (9), and the Asia-Pacific region (8).

Cigna primarily provides pharmacy benefit management and health insurance services. Its PBM and specialty pharmacy services, which were greatly expanded by its 2018 merger with Express Scripts, are mostly sold to health insurance plans and employers. Its largest PBM contract is with the Department of Defense, and it recently won a multiyear deal with top-tier insurer Centene. In health insurance and other benefits, Cigna primarily serves employers through self-funding arrangements, and the company operates mostly in the US with 16 million US and 2 million international medical members covered as of December 2025.