Obituary
Byron Wien, Wall Street ‘Surprises’ Forecaster, Dies at 90
- He was most recently at Blackstone’s private wealth group
- Wien’s list of annual surprises was widely read on Wall Street
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Byron Wien, the longtime market strategist whose annual list of “10 Surprises” made him one of the most influential voices on Wall Street during a career at Blackstone Inc. and Morgan Stanley, has died. He was 90.
He died Wednesday. Wien was at Blackstone for the past 14 years and was most recently a vice chairman in the private wealth business, serving as a prognosticator of markets for the firm and its investors.