{"id":46523,"date":"2015-04-10T07:31:26","date_gmt":"2015-04-10T11:31:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hedgeco.net\/news\/?p=46523"},"modified":"2015-04-10T08:15:58","modified_gmt":"2015-04-10T12:15:58","slug":"blackstone-hires-20-military-service-members-transitioning-into-the-private-sector","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/04\/2015\/blackstone-hires-20-military-service-members-transitioning-into-the-private-sector.html","title":{"rendered":"Blackstone Hires 20 Military Service Members Transitioning Into Private Sector"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Solar-Array-e1341948411421.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-46525\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Solar-Array-e1341948411421.jpg\" alt=\"Solar-Array-e1341948411421\" width=\"409\" height=\"272\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Solar-Array-e1341948411421.jpg 537w, https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Solar-Array-e1341948411421-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 409px) 100vw, 409px\" \/><\/a>New York (HedgeCo.Net) &#8211; Blackstone-backed Vivint Solar has offered \u00a0jobs to the 20 graduates of the United States Department of Energy\u2019s, \u2018Reach for the Sun\u2019 pilot program.<\/p>\n<p>Blackstone Group LP, the world\u2019s largest hedge fund manager, acquired the company in 2012. Vivint\u00a0installs solar panels at no cost to the homeowner, via a power purchase agreement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are honored to recruit from the Department of Energy\u2019s \u2018Reach for the Sun\u2019 program and are thoroughly impressed with the skillsets of its graduates,\u201d said Greg Butterfield, CEO of Vivint Solar. \u201cAs exiting military personnel pursue civilian jobs, we hope they will choose careers in the fast-growing solar industry.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The intensive solar workforce training \u2018Reach for the Sun\u2019 is designed to help place qualified transitioning military service members into the solar industry, it will also be offered at United States Army Fort Carson in Colorado and Naval Station Norfolk in Virginia this year.\u00a0 an<\/p>\n<p>Vivint Solar went public in 2014 with an IPO starting at $16\/share. Publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange\u00a0Vivint Solar&#8217;s estimated retained value increased by approximately $89 million during the quarter to approximately $399 million at September 30, 2014, up 172% compared to the third quarter of 2013.<\/p>\n<p>Alex Akesson<br \/>\nEditor for <a title=\"hedge funds\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hedgeco.net\">HedgeCo.net<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:alex@hedgeco.net\">alex@hedgeco.net<\/a><br \/>\n<a title=\"hedge fund\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hedgeco.net\">HedgeCo.Net<\/a> is a premier <a title=\"hedge fund database\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hedgeco.net\">hedge fund database<\/a> and community for qualified and accredited investors only. Membership in <a title=\"hedge fund\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hedgeco.net\">HedgeCo.net<\/a> is FREE and EASY. We also offer FREE LISTINGS for <a title=\"hedge fund\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hedgeco.net\">Hedge Funds<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New York (HedgeCo.Net) &#8211; Blackstone-backed Vivint Solar has offered \u00a0jobs to the 20 graduates of the United States Department of Energy\u2019s, \u2018Reach for the Sun\u2019 pilot program. Blackstone Group LP, the world\u2019s largest hedge fund manager, acquired the company in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16044,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-46523","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hedge-fund-strategies-2","category-hedgeco-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46523","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46523"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46523\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":46711,"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46523\/revisions\/46711"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46523"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46523"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46523"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}