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Do you know the history behind both BlackRock and BlackStone?

Same DNA:

>>he business that would become BlackRock started under the umbrella of Schwarzman’s firm in 1988. “They used to be called Blackstone Financial,” Schwarzman said. “We started in business together. We put up the initial capital.” Schwarzman started Blackstone three years earlier in 1985.

>>When Fink decided to branch out on his own, he needed a new name for his asset management operation, Schwarzman said. “Larry and I were sitting down and he said, ‘What do you think sort of about having a family name with “black” in it.’”

Thanks for the input though - I am working on figuring out how to document all these entanglements - there are a lot of others also attempting to do so, if you have any links to such, I appreciate real data that I can trust (I am mapping out The Oligarchs, their entanglements, and what/who they are/actually own.)



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