Who is Hilton owned by?

Ownership structure of Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc. The company was founded in 1919 by Conrad Hilton and went public in 2013. Today, Hilton is owned by a diverse group of shareholders, including institutional investors, mutual funds, and individual investors.



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Blackstone's acquisition of Hilton was achieved through an all-cash leveraged buyout, or LBO, which is an acquisition of another company completed almost entirely through debt. In the case of Hilton, $20.5 billion, or 78.4 percent, was financed through debt with the remaining $5.6 billion in equity.

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Largest shareholders include Vanguard Group Inc, BlackRock Inc., Fmr Llc, T. Rowe Price Investment Management, Inc., State Street Corp, Principal Financial Group Inc, Pershing Square Capital Management, L.P., Capital International Investors, Bank Of America Corp /de/, and Capital Research Global Investors .

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Including its final share sale, Blackstone will have executed 12 separate transactions to gradually sell off its Hilton holdings since 2014, including a 25 percent stake sale to HNA Group Co.

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Barron Hilton, Paris and Nicky's uber-rich grandfather was chairman of the board and president and CEO of the company, and in 2007 sold Hilton Hotels to the Blackstone Group for US$26 billion. However, when he passed away in 2019, he left most of his fortune to charity.

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Hampton by Hilton, formerly known (and still commonly referred to) as Hampton Inn or Hampton Inn & Suites, is an American chain of hotels trademarked by Hilton Worldwide.

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Marriott is the largest branded hotel in the world with more than 1.5 million rooms, making it 35% bigger than its closest U.S. competitor, Hilton.

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The Hilton family is one of the world's most powerful and famous families and are worth over $14.2 billion dollars.

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In 1979, at the age of 91, Conrad Hilton died of natural causes, leaving $10,000 each to his nephews, nieces, and daughter, and $500,000 to his two siblings. The remainder of the estate was bequeathed to the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation, which he had founded in 1944.

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Hilton Honors In fact, with 7,000 properties in 122 countries and territories, Honors gives you a world of experiences worth sharing. And with 18 distinct brands, we have hotels for every budget and occasion.

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The company's hotel and gaming operations were purchased by private equity firms in 2006 and 2007. Today, Hilton Inc. is comprised of 17 brands, with more than 5,900 properties in 114 countries around the world—much of this success a result of Barron's steadfast leadership.

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The private equity firm had taken Hilton private in a $26 billion leveraged buyout in 2007. In 2016, Blackstone agreed to sell a 25 percent stake in Hilton to China's HNA Group Co Ltd [HNAIRC. UL] for $6.5 billion, three times what it paid in 2007.

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Contrary to popular belief, Paris Hilton is not the owner of Hilton Hotels. However, she does have a strong connection to the Hilton family through her lineage. Paris is the great-granddaughter of Conrad Hilton, the founder of Hilton Hotels.

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