• Carl [he/him]@hexbear.net
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    30 days ago

    They were very closely related, but technically separate. BlackRock was initially founded as “Blackstone Financial Management”, a company that “The Blackstone Group” had a 50% stake in. They changed their name to BlackRock after Stephen A. Schwarzman, Blackstone’s CEO, sold his stake in the then-smaller company.