The Blackstone Group is an investment and advisory firm in New York that invests in seed, private equity, post-IPO, early and late stage ventures. Founded 1985 in New York by Peter G. Peterson and Stephen Schwarzman, it completed its initial public offering and is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol BX in June 2007. Its porfolio companies include Bellagio, MagicLab, Great Wolf Resorts, CRH - Europe Distribution, Vungle, Geo-Young, Essel Propack, servpro, AYUMI Pharmaceutical and Aadhar Housing Finance.
This firm has over 2,500 employees in 24 offices worldwide. Its portfolio companies employ over 360,000 people across the globe.
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Cylance was an Irvine, California-based cybersecurity company developing artificial intelligence and machine learning products.
WatchDox is a Palo Alto, California-based company founded by Moti Rafalin.
Pcysys is a Petah Tikva-based cybersecurity company delivering an automated penetration testing platform.
CyberGRX is a Denver-based cybersecurity company developing a cyber risk management platform.
Phantom Cyber is a Palo Alto, California-based company founded in 2014.
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Abhi Pitti
Employee
Adam Hermida
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Adam Powell
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Agastya Gupta
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Akash Singhal
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Aki Karja
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Alastair Nash
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Albert Hong
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Alex Szarka
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Alexander Kaplan
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Alexis Sachin
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Ali Zein Yousuf
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Alicia Vecchio
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Anas Rehaman
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Andrea Lin
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Andrew Adams Schoen
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Andrew Domzalski
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Andrew Jones
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Angela Hsieh
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Angelie Carlson
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Anjuli Persaud
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Ankit Verma
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Anna Hwang
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Anthony Escamilla
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Anthony Hampton
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