198 Blackstone to acquire Ancestry.com for $4.7 billion, giving investment firm total ownership of all DNA from every person who’s ever used the service - don't worry they love you... cough, puke, croke (www.naturalnews.com) posted 1 year ago by seernewday 1 year ago by seernewday +198 / -0 Blackstone to acquire Ancestry.com for $4.7 billion, giving investment firm total ownership of all DNA from every person who's e... The world's largest provider of DNA services has been gobbled up by Wall Street investment giant Blackstone.For $4.7 billion, Blackstone purchased Ancestry.com from private equity rivals Silver Lake, Spectrum Equity, and Permira, placing a "big bet," as Re... 41 comments share 41 comments share save hide report block hide replies
Two things, first this is Blackstone, not Blackrock. Second, this acquisition happened two years ago.
They might as well be the same company. Here's a history lesson on Blackstone and blackrock.
https://www.cnbc.com/2017/06/22/blackstone-or-blackrock-schwarzman-and-fink-did-it-on-purpose.html
Interesting, I didn't know they connected that way. Of course no hedge fund companies should exist at all anyway and every single one of them is evil to the core.