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'King of Capital' Steve Schwarzman had a ridiculous week of high-profile meetings

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Steve Schwarzman met Pope Francis Friday while visiting a school in East Harlem.  Portia Crowe/Business Insider

Blackstone CEO Steve Schwarzman has had an intense couple of days.

New York City is abuzz with high-profile visitors this week. Scores of global leaders are in town for the United Nations General Assembly, and Pope Francis arrived in New York Friday.

Multibillionaire Schwarzman has been capitalizing on the chance to meet some of the world's most influential people.

On Thursday, he and JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon met with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

They discussed suggestions to improve access to India's economy, according to local Indian media.

On Friday afternoon, he was in Harlem with Francis visiting Our Lady Queen of Angels School in East Harlem. The Wall Street Journal reports that Schwarzman recently donated $40 million to the Catholic schools of New York.

And on Friday evening, Schwarzman is scheduled to attend a China state dinner at the White House with US President Barack Obama and Chinese President Xi Jinping, according to a press release.

Summed up in a tweet:

Blackstone declined to comment.

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Portia is a journalist currently based in Paris. Her work appears in The GuardianThe IndependentReutersThe Globe and MailPublic Radio International, and the BBC, among others.Portia was previously a correspondent for the Dow Jones publication Financial News in London and a senior finance reporter for Business Insider in New York. She is an alumna of the Columbia Journalism School and McGill University.