Company

Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc.

Global hotel operator and franchisor. Listed as Hilton Hotels Corporation until the 2007 take-private; the post-2013 public company is Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc. One canonical Entity spans both names, because it is one continuously operating business and splitting it would make its ownership history unreadable.

RECORDED STATUS
Active
RECORD
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Who owns it?

No verified current owner published

We have not published a verified current-owner claim for this entity. Recorded ownership data appears below.

Verified findings

Facts and causal attributions that have passed evidence review and remain backed by their reviewed sources.

Verified fact

Location Count

2,935 system properties

Reviewed Aug. 21, 2026

SupportsHilton Hotels Corporation, Form 10-K for fiscal year 2006SEC / financial filing · Feb. 28, 2007 · Part I, Item 1 (Business), 'General'
Verified fact

Location Count

5,685 system properties

Reviewed Aug. 21, 2026

SupportsHilton Worldwide Holdings Inc., Form 10-K for fiscal year 2018SEC / financial filing · Feb. 13, 2019 · Part I, Item 1 (Business), opening paragraph
Verified fact

Indebtedness Change

In April 2010, overall indebtedness decreased by $4.0 billion (USD)

Reviewed Aug. 21, 2026

SupportsHilton Worldwide Holdings Inc., Form 424B4 (IPO prospectus)SEC / financial filing · Dec. 13, 2013 · Debt Restructuring / MD&A discussion of the April 2010 restructuring and $4.0 billion overall reduction in indebtedness.

Recorded ownership

Database ownership records. These are not automatically verified current-owner claims.

Status
Former
Control
Control
Start
Oct. 24, 2007
End
No recorded end date
Deal
Blackstone take-private of Hilton Hotels Corporation (2007)

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Verified fact

Ownership began

Oct. 24, 2007

Reviewed Aug. 21, 2026

SupportsHilton Hotels Corporation, Form 8-K (merger completion)SEC / financial filing · Oct. 24, 2007 · Item 5.01, Changes in Control of Registrant
Verified fact

Ownership percentage

76.4

Reviewed Aug. 25, 2026

SupportsHilton Worldwide Holdings Inc., Form 10-K for fiscal year 2013SEC / financial filing · Feb. 27, 2014 · Note 1: Organization — as of December 31, 2013 the Sponsor beneficially owned approximately 76.4% of common stock.

Recorded deals

Deal records naming this entity. A recorded status is not an independently verified closing fact.

Blackstone take-private of Hilton Hotels Corporation (2007)

Take-private · Completed · Target

Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc. initial public offering (December 2013)

Other · Completed · Target

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