Blackstone Group

Big Surprise, Not: AMD Is Having a Hard Time Hiring a New CEO

Arik Hesseldahl in News on June 15, 2011 at 8:35 am PT

Three people approached for the top job at No. 2 chipmaker Advanced Micro Devices have all said no. This is because the troubles at AMD run so deep that there’s little chance for the kind of success a potential CEO would want.

Nielsen IPO Coming?

Eric Savitz, Blogger and Columnist, Barron's, Tech Trader Daily in News on April 26, 2010 at 12:07 pm PT

Nielsen Co., the TV audience measurement company, which four years ago was taken private for $10.2 billion by a group including Blackstone Group and Carlyle Group, is planning an IPO, according to Bloomberg, which cites “a person with knowledge of the plans.”

From the Desk of Former Yahoo President Sue Decker

Kara Swisher in News on May 19, 2009 at 6:00 am PT

Recently–in the echo chamber that is Silicon Valley–several people told BoomTown quite separately that former Yahoo President Sue Decker had become an executive-in-residence at the Blackstone Group. Actually, when reached via email, Decker told me she has yet to decide her next step after leaving Yahoo and had simply set up a no-strings-attached desk at the private equity firm’s San Francisco office, but is definitely not an EIR there. And who says bloggers don’t check? In fact, a move to join Blackstone formally would have been very ironic for Decker given that the firm–specifically, longtime friend and former colleague, Jill Greenthal–was one of the advisers to Microsoft in its failed takeover battle for Yahoo.

Even Wall Street Won’t Pay for Content: Financial Times Sues Blackstone for Web “Fraud”

Peter Kafka in Media on January 30, 2009 at 2:57 pm PT

Ever let one of your pals log on to the Financial Times using your password? Careful! You may be headed to court. Just ask the Blackstone Group, the powerhouse private equity house that just got slapped with a fraud lawsuit.