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Thomas H. Lee Partners LP (Thomas H Lee Partners) is a private equity subsidiary of Thomas H. Lee Advisors LLC founded in 1974. The firm is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.

HBK Investments LP, do-business-as HBK Capital Management (HBK), is a SEC-registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in Dallas, Texas. The firm was founded in 1991 and is a subsidiary of HBK Partners II LP. HBK provides discretionary investment management services and related administrative services to their funds, which are private investment funds offered only to sophisticated investors with substantial resources.

Capital Research & Management Co. (CR&M) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Los Angeles, California. The firm was founded in 1931 and is a wholly-owned subsidiary of The Capital Group Cos., Inc. CR&M is the investment adviser to the Capital Group exchange-traded funds (ETFs) and to the American Funds family of mutual funds.

Scharf Investments LLC (Scharf) is an independent, SEC-registered independent investment advisor and wealth management firm headquartered in Los Gatos, California. The firm was founded by Jeffrey Scharf in 1983. Scharf provides investment advice and portfolio management for individuals, registered investment companies, retirement accounts, trusts, family offices, corporations, endowments and foundations through separately managed client accounts. The firm participates in certain wrap fee programs acting as a sub-adviser to an investment sponsor.

Natixis Advisors LLC is a SEC-registered investment advisor and wealth management firm headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. Founded in 1995, the firm is a subsidiary of Natixis Investment Managers LP, ultimately owned by BPCE SA in France. Natixis Advisors provides advisory services to investment company clients and separately managed account clients as well as multi-asset portfolio solutions for a variety of funds and portfolios. A department of Natixis Advisors also provides portfolio analysis, consulting, and analytic services to investment professionals.

Bain Capital Public Equity LP is a SEC-registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. The firm was founded in 1996 as Brookside Capital LP. They are wholly-owned by Bain Capital LP, itself a subsidiary of Bain Capital Holdings LP. Bain Capital Public Equity provides investment advisory services to pooled investment vehicles (Public Equity Funds). Investors in the Public Equity Funds includes high net-worth individuals, banks, thrift institutions, pension and profit sharing plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, university endowments, corporations, limited partnerships and limited liability companies or other business entities.

Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc. (DBSI) is a SEC-registered broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1971 and is a wholly-owned investment banking and brokerage arm of DB U.S. Financial Markets Holding Corp., ultimately held by Deutsche Bank AG (NYSE: DB, FRA: DBK) in Germany. DBSI provides securities brokerage and investment advisory services to domestic and international private clients and institutions. They are also a primary dealer in US government securities as designated by the Federal Reserve.

Luxor Capital Group LP (Luxor) is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded by Christian A. Leone in 2002. Luxor provides primarily discretionary investment advice to private investment funds and may also do so for certain separately managed accounts or other investment advisers from time to time.

McKinsey & Co., Inc. provides management consulting services. It specializes in design, marketing and sales, analytics, operations, transformation and restructuring, risk, strategy and corporate finance, and sustainability and resource productivity. The company was founded by James O. McKinsey in 1926 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Duke University is an academic university that offers undergraduate, graduate and professional programs. It also has publications and research services. The university was founded in 1838 and is headquartered in Durham, NC.

Harvard University engages in the provision of teaching and research. It has twelve degree-granting Schools in addition to the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, offering a global education. The university was founded in 1636 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

Bain Capital LP engages in provision of investment consulting services. It specializes in private equity, credit, public equity, venture, real estate, double impact, life sciences, and partnership strategies. The company was founded in 1984 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Bain & Co., Inc. provides management consulting services. It offers advisory services to the companies on their critical issues and opportunities: strategy, marketing, organization, operations, technology and mergers and acquisitions, across all industries and geographies. The company was founded in 1973 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC (GS&Co.) is a securities brokerage firm headquartered in New York City. Founded in 1927, the firm is a subsidiary of The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (NYSE: GS). GS&Co. provides services to help hedge funds manage risk, monitor portfolios, maintain liquidity and build their businesses. They offer clients access to global equity and derivatives markets, as well as foreign exchange, commodities, European Lefts, rates and credit across the Americas, Europe and Asia. The firm proactively monitors capital markets, searching for pockets of liquidity and news that may require changes to those strategies. Integration with the Goldman Sachs network gives clients access to the firm's sectored block trades and their insights into price discovery. Their electronic trading program provides clients with tools to manage their trades from pre-trade analytics to post-trade analysis.

Part of Rothschild & Co. The company is based in New York, NY. Continuation Holdings AG, Rothschild, Inc. provides investment banking and advisory services.

Bain Capital Credit LP is a SEC-registered investment advisor and global credit specialist headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. The firm was founded by Jonathan Lavine in 1998 and was formerly known as Sankaty Advisors LP. They are a wholly owned subsidiary of Bain Capital LP, owned by Bain Capital Holdings LP. Bain Capital Credit provides investment advisory services across a diverse range of credit strategies.

Route One Investment Co. LP (Route One) is an independent registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in San Francisco, California. Route One was founded in 2010 and serves exclusively as the investment adviser to various investment funds.

The California Academy of Sciences operates as a scientific and cultural institution. The Academy houses an aquarium, a planetarium a natural history museum and a rainforest. It was founded in 1853 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Gazprombank JSC (Broker) (Gazprombank-Broker) is the securities broker division of Gazprombank OJSC (MOEX: GZPR), a Russian bank headquartered in Moscow. Founded in 2001, Gazprombank-Broker offers a full range of brokerage services for institutional investors and corporate clients as well as HNWIs. Their institutional clients include asset management companies, insurance enterprises, investment funds, hedge funds, and banks.

Part of PricewaterhouseCoopers International Ltd., PricewaterhouseCoopers Audit ZAO is a Russian company that provides accounting services. The company is based in Moscow, Russian Federation.

Good Hope Urbanite Premium Linked Fund LLC operates as an investment fund. The private company is based in San Francisco, CA.

Blackstone Alternative Asset Management LP (BAAM) is a fund-of-hedge funds manager and registered investment advisor headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded by Stephen Schwarzman in 1990 and is owned by Blackstone Holdings I-Sub (BAAM) GP LLC, ultimately held by The Blackstone Group, Inc. (NYSE: BX). BAAM provides hedge fund solutions for institutional investors and sophisticated individuals.

Enerknol, Inc. provides innovative energy policy data and analytics services. The firm specializes in energy policy data, carbon & environmental markets, investment research, natural gas, fossil fuels, alternative energy and energy. The company was founded by Angelique Mercurio, Vincenzo Giordano and Emily Bjorklund Drake and is headquartered in Brooklyn, NY.

Long Pond Capital LP (Long Pond) is an independent, SEC-registered investment adviser and hedge fund manager headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 2010 by John Khoury. Long Pond serves as an investment manager and provides discretionary investment advisory services to several affiliated pooled investment vehicles.

East Bay College Fund provides scholarships, mentoring, counselling, and life skills training. The company was founded by Barb Fremder, Julie Palley and Andrew B. Fremder in 2002 and is headquartered in Oakland, CA.

Starwood Capital Group Global LLC (Starwood Capital Group Global) is a private equity real estate subsidiary of Starwood Capital Group Holdings LP founded in 1991 by Barry Stuart Sternlicht. The firm is headquartered in Miami, Florida.

Mount Kellett Capital Management LP (Mount Kellett) is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded by Mark McGoldrick and Jason Maynard in 2008. Mount Kellett provides investment management and related services to private pooled investment vehicles (Mount Kellett Funds) and managed accounts for institutional investors.

Pantegrion Capital LLC (Pantegrion Capital) is a venture capital firm founded in 2011 by Alicia Syrett. The firm is headquartered in Brooklyn, New York.