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Ancestry.com

Ancestry.com Operations Inc. is an American genealogy company based in Lehi, Utah. The largest for-profit genealogy company in the world, it operates a network of genealogical, historical records, and related genetic genealogy websites. It is owned by Blackstone Inc., which acquired the company on December 4, 2020, in a deal valued at $4.7 billion.

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Founded
1996; 30 years ago (1996)
Founders
Paul Brent Allen · Dan Taggart
Owner
The Blackstone Group
Headquarters
Lehi, Utah, U.S.
Key people
Howard Hochhauser (CEO) · TBD (CFO)
Members
25 million

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Ancestry.com

Nodes90
Edges89
Triples83
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.022222
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Ancestry.com

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Products · 13
Ancestry.com → Ancestry DNA, Ancestry.ca, Ancestry.co.uk, Ancestry.com, AncestryProGenealogists, Archives.com, Find a Grave, Fold3, Forces War Records UK, Geneanet, Know your Pet DNA, Newspapers.com, Rootsweb
related to RootsWeb · 13
Ancestry.com → Ancestry, Ancestry Web, By, GEDCOM, Internet, June, On December, RootsWeb, The, Trees, Users, Web, WorldConnect
related to AncestryDNA · 11
Ancestry.com → Ancestry, Ancestry DNA, Ancestry LLC, AncestryDNA, Consumers, DNA, In July, June, Previously, The, Y-chromosome DNA
related to Find a Grave · 8
Ancestry.com → Ancestry, Burial, Find, Grave, Jim Tipton, March, On September, Site
related to Further reading · 7
Ancestry.com → Ancestry, Evolving Nature, Groot, Historical Information Companies, Jerome, S2CID, The Public Historian
related to Geneanet · 6
Ancestry.com → Ancestry, Filae, Geneanet, On August, Premium, The Geneanet
related to External links · 5
Ancestry.com → Ancestry, Corporate Website, Historical, Official, SEC
related to Footnote · 5
Ancestry.com → Ancestry, Fold3, Footnote, Inc, The
Founders · 2
Ancestry.com → Dan Taggart, Paul Brent Allen
Key people · 2
Ancestry.com → Howard Hochhauser (CEO), TBD (CFO)

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Ancestry.comFounded1996; 30 years ago (1996)1.00infobox
Ancestry.comFoundersPaul Brent Allen1.00infobox
Ancestry.comFoundersDan Taggart1.00infobox
Ancestry.comHeadquartersLehi, Utah, U.S.1.00infobox
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Ancestry.comKey peopleHoward Hochhauser (CEO)1.00infobox
Ancestry.comKey peopleTBD (CFO)1.00infobox
Ancestry.comMembers25 million1.00infobox
Ancestry.comNumber of employees1,4001.00infobox
Ancestry.comOwnerThe Blackstone Group1.00infobox
Ancestry.comProductsAncestry.com1.00infobox
Ancestry.comProductsAncestry.ca1.00infobox
Ancestry.comProductsAncestry.co.uk1.00infobox
Ancestry.comProductsAncestry DNA1.00infobox
Ancestry.comProductsArchives.com1.00infobox
Ancestry.comProductsKnow your Pet DNA1.00infobox
Ancestry.comProductsFind a Grave1.00infobox
Ancestry.comProductsFold31.00infobox
Ancestry.comProductsNewspapers.com1.00infobox
Ancestry.comProductsRootsweb1.00infobox
Ancestry.comProductsAncestryProGenealogists1.00infobox
Ancestry.comProductsForces War Records UK1.00infobox
Ancestry.comProductsGeneanet1.00infobox
Ancestry.comRevenueUS$1 billion (2022)1.00infobox
Ancestry.comTypePrivate1.00infobox
Ancestry.comWebsiteancestry.com1.00infobox

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