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The Blackstone Group Inc. is an American multinational private equity alternative investment management and financial services firm based in Midtown Manhattan, New York City. As the largest alternative investment firm in the world, Blackstone specializes in private equity, credit, and hedge fund investment strategies.Blackstone's private equity business has been one of the largest investors in leveraged buyouts in the last decade, while its real estate business has actively acquired commercial real estate. Since its inception, Blackstone has invested in such notable companies as Hilton Worldwide, Merlin Entertainments Group, Performance Food Group, EQ Office, Republic Services, AlliedBarton, United Biscuits, Freescale Semiconductor, Vivint, and Travelport.Blackstone was founded in 1985 as a mergers and acquisitions firm by Peter G. Peterson and Stephen A. Schwarzman, who had previously worked together at Lehman Brothers. In 2007, Blackstone became a public company with a $4 billion IPO, becoming one of the first major private equity firms to list shares in its management company on the public stock market. Blackstone is headquartered at 345 Park Avenue in Manhattan, with eight additional offices in the United States, as well as offices in Dublin, Düsseldorf, London, Luxembourg, Paris, Sydney, Tokyo, Hong Kong, Singapore, Beijing, Shanghai, Mumbai, and Dubai.As of 2019, the company's total assets under management were approximately US$545 billion. In April 2019, Blackstone disclosed it was converting to a corporation from a publicly traded partnership.

Oatly AB, tidigare Ceba Foods AB, är ett svenskt livsmedelsföretag med huvudkontor i Malmö och produktionsanläggning i Landskrona och med rötter från Lunds universitet. Företaget har även delar av sin produktion av kylvaror i Tyskland. Oatly utvecklar, producerar och marknadsför bland annat havrebaserade drycker och glass. Produkterna är fria från mjölk och sojaprotein. Företagets produkter säljs i Sverige och i ett 20-tal länder under varumärket Oatly.