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Ancestry.com (Blackstone)

Blackstone acquired Ancestry.com from Silver Lake and Permira for $4.7B in 2020. Ancestry has 23M subscribers and one of the world's largest consumer DNA databases. Blackstone's ownership has raised ongoing concerns about data privacy practices and law enforcement cooperation.

FOUNDED
1996
ACQUIRED
The Blackstone Group, 2020, $4.7B

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1996

Ancestry.com (Blackstone) founded

2020

Acquired by The Blackstone Group for $4.7B

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