- Shanghai Yuyuan Tourist Mart and Roland Lorie are the sellers
- Blackstone is an alternative asset manager based in New York
- The firm has $991bn of assets under management
Blackstone has acquired International Gemological Institute (IGI), an independent lab for testing and grading gemstones and fine jewellery, from Shanghai Yuyuan Tourist Mart, a subsidiary of Fosun, and Roland Lorie, who belongs to IGI’s founding family.
