PARIS — It was close to 11 p.m. on Sunday and Stephen A. Schwarzman, chief executive of the private equity firm Blackstone Group, was sitting on a small, curved couch at a Versace after-party. To his left, the designers Donatella Versace and Riccardo Tisci were smoking. A few feet away, a couple were exuberantly making out. Rose petals were strewn all over the place.
“I’m just a simple businessman,” said Mr. Schwarzman, whose company owns a stake in Versace. “This is a pretty unique thing. There are few places in the world where…” He paused. “This goes on.”
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A version of this article appears in print on January 27, 2015, in The International New York Times. Order Reprints| Today’s Paper|Subscribe
