Tony James on Costco, Starbucks, Blackstone, and Charlie Munger Tony James is an investor, Chairman of the Board at Costco, and former President and COO of Blackstone. In this conversation, he joins a16z GP David Haber for a conversation on scaling Blackstone from $14 billion to nearly $1 trillion, lessons from 38 years on the board of Costco, the future of private markets, and more. 00:00 Intro 00:45 Starting at DLJ: Getting in on the ground floor 03:05 The LBO revolution & building a…