NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Blackstone (NYSE:BX) today announced that private equity funds managed by Blackstone (“Blackstone”) have reached a definitive agreement to acquire Ancestry® from Silver ...

Blackstone has agreed to acquire Ancestry, a provider of digital family history services, for an enterprise value of $4.7 billion. The sellers include Silver Lake, GIC, Spectrum Equity and Permira.

In October, 23andMe announced that approximately 14,000 23andMe users’ accounts were breached; according to the company, the stolen data — which some hackers tried to sell via online forums — ...

Digitized newspaper archives and hyperlocal historical sources can help you understand how your ancestors lived. By J. D. Biersdorfer Long before the internet made it easy to share the nuances of ...

(KUTV) — Blackstone announced Wednesday that it has reached an agreement to acquire Ancestry from Silver Lake, GIC, Spectrum Equity, Permira, and other equity holders for a total enterprise value of ...