Blackstone Group CEO Steve Schwarzman said last week that Hilton’s share price was trading at “a multiple of 2.8 times our original investment and implies a total gain of almost $12 billion, which we believe is the largest private equity gain in history.”
Hilton Worldwide shares closed July 18 at $24.55 per share.
In December 2013, after years of speculation about the timing, Hilton Worldwide raised a record $2.35 billion in an initial public offering.
As of March 31, 2014, Blackstone still beneficially owned 76.4% of Hilton Worldwide’s common stock.
In the second quarter of 2014, Blackstone sold some of its shares of Hilton for the first time, but also took out a loan against part of its holdings in Hilton, and that returned $2 billion to Blackstone’s limited partners.
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