International Business TimesHilton Hotels Set For $2.4 Billion IPO, In Massive Private Equity-Backed LaunchInternational Business TimesThe launch would also count as one of the private equity industry's most profitable deals, Bloomberg reports. New York-based Blackstone Group LP (NYSE:BX), which bought Hilton in 2007 for $26 billion, stands to make a paper profit of about $8 billion.Blackstone's Hilton Joins Ranks of Biggest Deal PaydaysBusinessweekHilton IPO Prices at $20 a ShareWall Street Journal (blog)Blackstone Group set to get large private equity payday from Hilton IPO- reportVenture Capital PostChicago Tribune-Bloombergall 64 news articles