Kayla Seabaugh

As of April 2020, BlackRock has made seventy-four investments. Their most recent investment was on March 23, 2020, when iCapital Network raised $146M. BlackRock has had twenty-five exits, the most notable of which include Dropbox, Uber, and Funding Circle. And as of 2021, BlackRock owns 7.50% of HSBC Holdings plc, making it the second single largest shareholder after Ping An Insurance.

HSBC is a British multinational banking and financial services company. In March 1865, founder Thomas Sutherland, a young Scotsman working in Hong Kong for a large shipping firm, founded the bank.

In 1864, Sutherland sailed along the South China coast and upon reading an article on Scottish banking, it inspired him to create a new bank. After his time in Hong Kong, Sutherland knew that local and foreign trade in Hong Kong and at ports in China and Japan had increased rapidly in previous years and that businesses needed better local banking facilities.

Founded 1988 in New York, United States by Susan Wagner, Larry Fink, Robert S. Kapito, Barbara Novick, Ben Golub, Hugh Frater, Ralph Schlosstein and Keith Anderson.Fink, Kapito, Golub and Novick had worked together at First Boston, where they pioneered the . mortgage-backed securities market in the United States. The firm was originally known as Blackstone Financial Management.

In June 2022, BlackRock came under fire due to the firm's investment activity and governance practices that directly harm Black and Indigenous communities and people of color around the world. The firm supports the fossil fuel industry with nearly $260 billion in investments, more than $6 billion invested in civilian gun manufacturers and retailers, more than $36 billion invested in military weapons' companies.

BlackRock is an investment bank in New York that focuses on financial security, financial mobility, and financial services. The firm invests in debt, early stage ventures, late stage ventures, post-IPO, private equity, seed, series A, non-equity assistance, and pre-seed rounds. Its portfolio companies include New Fortress Energy, Drip Capital, and PointCheckout.

Founded 1988 in New York, United States by Susan Wagner, Larry Fink, Robert S. Kapito, Barbara Novick, Ben Golub, Hugh Frater, Ralph Schlosstein and Keith Anderson.Fink, Kapito, Golub and Novick had worked together at First Boston, where they pioneered the . mortgage-backed securities market in the United States. The firm was originally known as Blackstone Financial Management.

In 1992, four years after its founding, the firm adopted the name BlackRock, and by the end of 1994, the firm was managing $53 billion. The following year, BlackRock was acquired by PNC and added hedge funds to its products in 1996.

BlackRock is an investment bank in New York that focuses on financial security, financial mobility, and financial services. Founded 1988 in New York, United States by Sue Wagner, it invests in debt, early stage ventures, late stage ventures, post-IPO, private equity, seed, series A, non-equity assistance, and pre-seed rounds. Its portfolio companies include New Fortress Energy, Drip Capital, and PointCheckout. As of April 2020, BlackRock has made 74 investments. Their most recent investment was on March23, 2020, when iCapital Network raised $146M. BlackRock has had 25 exits, the most notable of which include Dropbox, Uber, and Funding Circle.

PAI Partners takes care of primary fund relationships and facilitating secondary transactions and managing co-investment opportunites. The firm's limited partners include:

• Pension funds
• Insurance companies
• Governmental organizations
• Banks
• Fund of funds
• High net worth individuals

PAI Partners focuses on four main sectors: Business Services, Food & Consumer, General Industrials and Healthcare. Some of their investments include:

• La Compagnie des Desserts
• Theramex
• HKA
• Uvesco
• Veonet
• Tropicana Brands Group
• Scrigno
• Pasubio
• European Camping Group
• SGD Pharma

PAI Partners takes care of primary fund relationships and facilitating secondary transactions and managing co-investment opportunites.

PAI Partners is a Paris-based investment firm founded in 1931. The firm invests in market-leading companies across the globe and manages ove €25 billion of dedicated buyout fund. Since 1994, they have completed 90 investments in 11 countries, representing over €70 billion in transaction value.

PAI has eight offices around the world, including Paris, London, Luxembourg, Madrid, Milan, Munich, New York and Stockholm. The firm's team is comprised over over 160 professionals representing 20 different nationalities. The firm's 24 partners have worked at PAI for an average of 12 years.

The firm began operations in 1931, originally known as Paribas, founded in 1872. Paribas contributed to the industrialization of France in the late 19th aand early 20th centuries. In 1998, PAI raised its first third party private equity fund, the PAI LBO Fund. After BNP and Paribas merged, PAI's partners completed a management buyout of the fund management company in 2001.

Société Générale is a Paris-based bank founded on May 4, 1864, by a group of industrialists and financiers driven by the ideals of progress. Napoleon III signed the bank's finding decree. The bank's mission has always been to "promote the development of trade and industry in France."The group has more than 117,000 members of staff in 66 different countries.

The bank is built on three complementary core businesses:

1. French retail banking encompassing the SG and Bourasama brands, both offering a full range of financial services with omnichannel products at the cutting edge of digital innovation.
2. International retail banking, insurance and financial services with networks in Africa, central and eastern Europe and specialized businessses that are leaders in their markets.
3. Global banking and investor solutions offering expertise, key international locations nd integrated solutions.

Between 1870 and 18401940, the bank increased from just 46 branches to 1,500. During the interwar period, the bank became the leading French credit institution in terms of deposits. By 1871, the bank opened their London branch and on the night before World War I, they had a presence in 14 countries. The network was then expanded by opening branches in New York, Buenos Aires and Abidjan and Dakar.

The bank was nationalized by the French law of December 2, 1945, and played an active role in financing the reconstruction of the French territory.

In June 1987, Société Générale was privatized with a successful stock market launch and shares were offered to the bank staff. By 1995, the bank expanded the retail banking networks by founding Fimatex, later known as Boursorama, a leading online bank. In 1997, they acquired Crédit du Nord.

Société Générale is a Paris-based bank founded on May 4, 1864, by a group of industrialists and financiers driven by the ideals of progress. Napoleon III signed the bank's finding decree. The bank's mission has always been to "promote the development of trade and industry in France."

Between 1870 and 1840, the bank increased from just 46 branches to 1,500. During the interwar period, the bank became the leading French credit institution in terms of deposits.

Linklaters is an international law firm focusing on the practice areas of information management and data protection. There are currently over 5,400 staff members, more than 2,500 lawyers, 530 partners and 30 offices in 20 countriescountries.The firm was founded in 1838 by John Linklater after partnering with Julius Dods from the London firm of solicitors, Dods & Linklaters. On May 4, 1920, the firm merged with Paine, Blyth & Huxtable to create Linklaters & Paines.

The firm is headquartered in London, United Kingdom. Linklaters opened offices in Milan (1962), New York (1972), Brussels (1972), Moscow (1992), São Paulo (1997), Bangkok (1998), Shanghai (1998) and Madrid (1999).

In 1998, Linklaters & Paines formed Linklaters Alliance with four other leading law firms and by 2002, they merged with De Bandt, van Hecke, Lagae & Loesch, Lagerlöf & Leman and Oppenhoff & Rädler, rebranding to just Linklaters. Since the turn of the century, the firm has continued opening offices in Beijing (2002), Lisbon (2002), Dubai (2006), Düsseldorf (2007) and Abu Dhabi (2011).

In 2021, Linklaters was named fourth on the Global Elite Law Firm Brand Index, moving up four spots from the previous year.

Linklaters is an international law firm focusing on the practice areas of information management and data protection. There are currently over 5,400 staff members, more than 2,500 lawyers, 530 partners and 30 offices in 20 countries.

Bain Capital Private Equity is a worldwide leading private investment firm founded in 1984 and headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. The firm works in a variety of industries and has raised 12 global private equity funds, five European funds and four Asian fundsfunds.The firm has approximately $160 billion of assets under management.

Individual insiders hold around 60% of the company's shares.

Individual insiders hold around 60% of the company's shares. The company and its subsidiaries are engaged in providing industrial space solutions. Their activities encompass the development of industrial parks, the sale and lease of industrial factory units, the rental and management of workers' dormitories, as well as the design and construction of industrial buildings and manufacturing plants. They operate in three primary segments:

1. Property development
2. Property investment and management services
3. Construction and engineering

The property development segment is involved in designing, construction and selling/leasing industrial buildings in i-Park. The property investment and management services segment leases customized industrial buildings to its i-Park clients and provides rental and management of its i-IStay workers' dormitories that are located adjacent to its industrial parks.

AME Elite Consortium is a construction company founded in 1995 by Kelvin Lee Chai. The company specializes in the development of industrial parks and construction of large scale manufacturing plants.The company is headquartered in Senai, Malaysia. Their primary focuses include:

• Development of industrial parks
• Construction of large scale manufacturing plants and industrial buildings
• Provision of engineering services
• Provision of property investment and management services

Individual insiders hold around 60% of the company's shares.

WoodWick candles are a premium candle brand sold by Yankee Candle. They have a wooden wick that crackles when burned and use a blend of paraffin and soy wax to reduce spatter and residue. The brand is a product of Virginia Gift Brands, a subsidiary of Smith Mountain Industries. They are exclusively made in Virginia, mostly at a factory in Lynchburg.

The Virginia Candle Company began operations in 1990 in Lynchburg, Virginia. The company reportedly uses renewable and natural resources, including organic wicks, natural wax and fine essential oils. WoodWick candles feture a wide, short wick made from organic wood. Virginia Candle Brands was established in 1997 out of a Lynchburg garage. WoodWick candles are sold worldwide.

WoodWick candle jars range in size from 3.4 oz to 22 oz. and burn from 22 to 180 hours. Their fragrance categories include Fun & Fruity, Fresh & Floral, Sugar & Spice and Woody & Oriental. In addition to candles, WoodWick also manufactures reed diffusers, wax melts, hand-blown glass candleholders and plug-in scents.

Bain Capital Private Equity was founded by American politician, businessman and former presidential candidate Mitt Romney and Bill Bain in 1984. Romney left the firm in 1999 for the Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City. In 2000, he sold his stake in the firm to his partners in a complicated agreement that gave him a declining share of firm profits throughout the next 10 years.