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In June 2019, Blackstone announced it had teamed with the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board and KIRKBI to buy Merlin Entertainment, the owners of Legoland in a deal worth £5.9 billion (about $7.5 billion). This would be the 2nd time Blackstone would own the company as they previously purchased it in 2005. [125]
Stephen Allen Schwarzman (born February 14, 1947) is an American businessman. He is the chairman and CEO of the Blackstone Group, a global private equity firm he established in 1985 with Peter G. Peterson.
This category is for portfolio companies of the private equity investment firm Blackstone Inc. Portfolio companies are those companies that are currently or have been previously owned or controlled by the private equity firm or its affiliate funds. Ownership should be material (i.e. full control, majority ownership or significant minority ...
Private equity firm Blackstone Inc is bidding C$7 billion ($5.03 billion) for a minority stake in telecom and media company Rogers Communications's cellphone infrastructure business, the Globe and ...
The Weather Company – with private equity firms Bain Capital and The Blackstone Group: Originally a parent company of The Weather Channel. In January 2016, it was acquired by IBM. The Weather Channel – with private equity firms Bain Capital and The Blackstone Group: sold to Entertainment Studios.
Servpro consists of 2.250 franchises in the United States and Canada (as of 2024). [9] In March 2019, The Blackstone Group acquired a majority stake in Servpro Industries, LLC, [10] [11] for an amount reportedly exceeding US$1 billion according to the Wall Street Journal. [12] The Isaacson family reinvested and maintains minority ownership.
Aug. 13—CONCORD — Leading Republican candidate for governor Kelly Ayotte serves on the board of and owns extensive stock in Blackstone, a private equity firm that critics say has a history of ...
In July 2014, The Blackstone Group, the world's largest buyout firm, agreed to acquire The Gates Corporation from Onex Corp. (OCX) and Canada Pension Plan Investment Board for $5.4 billion. [9] In December 2017, Gates Corporation filed an initial public offering and became a public corporation. [ 10 ]