Blackstone swipes left on Bumble after doubling its investment

Blackstone first bought a ‘s parent MagicLab in 2019 at a $3 billion valuation. Just over a year later, Bumble went public and ended its first trading day worth roughly $13 billion
Meet the friends who left two of the world’s biggest chemical companies to build one in Africa—raising nearly $3 million and growing 1,400% in four years

Long before Taiwo Ilesanmi and Gbenga Akanmu became business partners, they were simply two boys growing up on the same street in Ibadan