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Blackstone buys majority stake in India's largest garment maker

Wednesday, 22 August 2007


BANGALORE, Aug 21 (AFP): US private equity giant Blackstone Group has bought a majority stake in India's largest garment manufacturer and exporter, Gokaldas Exports, according to a statement, at an estimated cost of 165 million dollars.
Blackstone will acquire a 50.1 per cent stake in the Bangalore-based company from its founders, Madanlal Hinduja, Rajendra Hinduja and Dinesh Hinduja, who will remain in control of Gokaldas, the statement by the two companies received here today said.