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United Therapeutics Corporation is an American publicly traded biotechnology company [2] and public benefit corporation [3] listed on the NASDAQ under the symbol UTHR. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] It develops novel, life-extending technologies for patients in the areas of lung disease and organ manufacturing.
Two Sigma Investments was founded in 2001 by John Overdeck, David Siegel and Mark Pickard. [2] [5] Siegel is a computer science Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology who worked for Tudor Investments, and Overdeck is an International Mathematical Olympiad Silver Medalist who subsequently studied mathematics at Stanford University and worked for Jeff Bezos in Amazon.com's early ...
As of 31 March 2014, the company had 6,782 employees, out of which 66 were women (1.1%). It also had approx 13,800 temporary employees on that date. The company had an attrition rate of 5.1% in the FY 2012–13. [3] The company spent ₹ 8,210 crore (equivalent to ₹ 150 billion or US$1.9 billion in 2023) on employee benefits during the FY ...
The company launched in 2005 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates and served multiple areas across the Middle East. [141] On March 28, 2017, Amazon acquired Souq.com for $580 million. [142] The company was re-branded as Amazon and its infrastructure was used to expand Amazon's online platform in the Middle East. [143]
Fisker Inc. is an American automotive company founded by Danish automotive designer Henrik Fisker and his wife Geeta Gupta-Fisker. Launched in 2016 and based in Manhattan Beach, California, Fisker Inc. is the successor to Fisker Automotive. [3]
In November 2022, many employees of Byju's came out to speak against the company's unfair treatment. Reportedly, Byju's sacked over 5,000 employees. [ 28 ] In April 2023, the Enforcement Directorate announced that it had conducted searches at Byju's offices under the Foreign Exchange Management Act and seized "incriminating" documents.
In May 2014, the company acquired International Lease Finance Corporation from American International Group (AIG) for $3.0 billion of cash and $4.6 billion in stock. [ 18 ] [ 19 ] The deal gave AerCap $43 billion in total assets and a fleet of over 1,300 aircraft, making it the largest in the world by fleet value, and second to competitor GE ...
Providence was one of the principal pioneers of a sector-based approach to private equity investing. The firm's eighth fund, Providence Equity Partners VIII, closed on $6 billion in 2019, above its $5 billion target. The prior fund, Providence VII, closed with $5 billion in 2013. [3] [4] [5]