Exhibit 24.1

                               POWER OF ATTORNEY

     Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and
appoints each of Stephen A. Schwarzman, Peter G. Peterson, Hamilton E. James,
J. Tomilson Hill, Michael A. Puglisi, Robert L. Friedman, Sylvia F. Moss and
Marsha Overby, signing singly, the undersigned's true and lawful
attorney-in-fact to:

     (1)  execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's
          capacity as an officer and/or director of Blackstone Group
          Management L.L.C., a Delaware limited liability company (the
          "General Partner") and the general partner of The Blackstone Group
          L.P. (the "Partnership"), Forms 3, 4, and 5 in accordance with
          Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules
          thereunder;

     (2)  do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned
          which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such
          Form 3, 4, or 5, complete and execute any amendment or amendments
          thereto, and timely file such form with the United States Securities
          and Exchange Commission and any stock exchange or similar authority;
          and

     (3)  take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the
          foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of
          benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the
          undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by such
          attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power
          of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and
          conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such
          attorney-in-fact's discretion.

         The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full
power and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever
requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the
rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the
undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of
substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such
attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney and the
rights and powers herein granted. The undersigned acknowledges that the
foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the
undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the General Partner or the Partnership
assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or the rules thereunder.

          This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until
the undersigned, after becoming subject to the requirements to file Forms 3, 4
and 5 with respect to the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in any
equity security or derivative security relating to the Partnership, whether or
not issued by the Partnership, ceases to be subject to those requirements,
unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the
foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

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         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney
to be executed as of this 21st day of June, 2007.


                                     /s/  Nathaniel Charles Jacob Rothschild
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                                     Name:  Nathaniel Charles Jacob Rothschild