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Reginald F. Lewis closes the Beatrice deal
TLC Group acquires Beatrice International Foods for $985 million, the largest offshore leveraged buyout in history at the time. The resulting TLC Beatrice International becomes the first Black-owned company to surpass $1 billion in revenue.
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