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Ancestry.com
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| Company type | Private |
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| Founded | 1996 |
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| Headquarters | Lehi, Utah, U.S. |
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| Revenue |  US$1 billion (2022)[4] |
| Owner | (2021-present) |
| Members | 25 million |
Number of employees | 1,400[6] |
| Website | www |
Ancestry.com LLC 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 The Blackstone Group, which acquired the company on December 4, 2020, in a deal valued at $4.7 billion.[7][8][9]
As of 2022, the company said it had provided access to 30 billion historical records, tripling its November 2018 figure of 10 billion records.[10][11] In 2018 it also reported having 3 million paying subscribers, and to have sold 18 million DNA kits to customers.[11] By 2023, Ancestry was the largest provider of consumer DNA testing in the world with a network of over 25 million users,[12] and Ancestry DNA testing is now available in 128 countries.
As well as its main website, Ancestry operates country-specific versions for Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Mexico, Sweden and the United Kingdom.[13]
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- ^ "Our Team | Ancestry Corporate". Ancestry.com. Retrieved August 4, 2022.
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- ^ Aliaj, Ortenca; Wiggins, Kaye (August 5, 2020). "Blackstone snaps up Ancestry.com in $4.7bn deal". Financial Times. Archived from the original on May 13, 2024. Retrieved August 5, 2020.
- ^ "Lehi-based Ancestry acquired in $4.7 billion deal". KSL.com. Retrieved August 6, 2020.
- ^ "Blackstone Completes Acquisition of Ancestry®, Leading Online Family History Business, for $4.7 Billion". December 4, 2020.
- ^ "We're increasing our monthly subscription prices to help provide you with more content and new product features". Ancestry.com.
- ^ a b Holland, Jake; Stoller, Daniel R. (September 1, 2020). "With Congress Quiet, States Step in to Safeguard Genetic Privacy". Bloomberg Law. Archived from the original on November 12, 2020. Retrieved November 12, 2020.
23andMe sold 12 million kits through 2019 and Ancestry has over 18 million people in its DNA network, according to a company spokeswoman.
- ^ "Ancestry.com to Improve Ability to Trace Lineage of More Ethnicities, Says CEO".
- ^ "Site Map - Ancestry". www.ancestry.com. Retrieved July 6, 2024.
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