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How The Hilton Family Built An International Hotel Brand And Got Super Rich
How The Hilton Family Built An International Hotel Brand And Got Super Rich
Oct 21, 2014, 00:46 IST
Business Insider
It's been a good couple of years to be a Hilton.Last year the company, mostly now owned by private equity firm Blackstone, went public in a massive $2.35 billion IPO - the biggest for a hotel company ever.Just this month, the company sold New York City's Waldorf Astoria to a Chinese insurance company for an eye-popping $1.95 billion.Plus it seems Paris Hilton has really taken to her new calling as a DJ.It's a lot of great success and of course it didn't come out of thin air. The Hilton family brand is a dynasty generations in the making.This is the story of how it all started.
