Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Blackstone was founded in 1985 by Peter G. Peterson and Stephen A. Schwarzman with US$400,000 (equivalent to $1.1 million in 2023) in seed capital. [2]: 45–56 [3] The founders derived their firm's name from their names: "Schwarz" is German for "black"; "Peter", "petros" (πέτρος, masculine), or "petra" (πετρα, feminine) means "stone" or "rock" in Greek.
Get AOL Mail for FREE! Manage your email like never before with travel, photo & document views. Personalize your inbox with themes & tabs. You've Got Mail!
When Blackstone went public in June 2007, it revealed in a securities filing that Schwarzman had earned about $398.3 million in fiscal 2006. [17] [18] He ultimately received $684 million for the part of his Blackstone stake he sold in the IPO, keeping a stake then worth $9.1 billion. [19]
On May 12, 1983, Domino's opened its first international store, in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. [21] That same year, Domino's opened its 1,000th store, its first in Vancouver, Washington. In 1985, the chain opened their first store in the United Kingdom in Luton. Also, in 1985 Domino's opened their first store in Tokyo, Japan.
The Domino's share transferred from AIM to the main market of the London Stock Exchange in May 2008, [9] and was promptly added to the FTSE 250 Index at the next quarterly review the following month. [10] The 2000th European Domino's store was opened at Kier Park, in Hemel Hempstead in August 2013. [11]
This page was last edited on 1 November 2023, at 12:11 (UTC).; Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License; additional terms may apply.
Domino's Pizza is an American restaurant chain and the international franchise pizza delivery corporation is headquartered at the Domino's Farms Office Park (the campus itself owned by Monaghan [12]) in Ann Arbor Township, Michigan, United States, near Ann Arbor. [13] [14] [15]
In January 2005, Domino's acquired the Australian pizza chain Pizza Haven's 35 New Zealand stores. By that stage, Domino's had 16 stores based in the North Island; with the acquisition bringing the total number of Domino's-owned stores across New Zealand to 51. [24]