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The RLJ Companies is an American asset management firm owned by entrepreneur Robert L. Johnson.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Robert L. Johnson Leaders Interview )〕 After selling Black Entertainment Television in 2001, Johnson’s first company, he created RLJ Companies in Bethesda, Maryland. The company’s network includes hotel real estate investment, private equity, financial services, asset management, insurance services, car dealerships, sports and entertainment, and video lottery terminal (VLT) gaming.〔 The company is headquartered in Bethesda and has additional offices in Charlotte, North Carolina; Little Rock, Arkansas; Los Angeles, California; San Juan, Puerto Rico and Monrovia, Liberia.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Association Management Company Naylor Acquired by RLJ Equity Partners )〕 ==History== Robert L. Johnson founded The RLJ Companies in 2002 in Bethesda, Maryland.〔〔 Johnson serves as chairman of the company.〔 Previous to founding The RLJ Companies, Johnson owned BET, which he sold to Viacom in 2001. He remained on at BET as its CEO through 2006.〔 In 2001, Johnson and Tom Baltimore started RLJ Lodging Trust with six hotels. RLJ Lodging Trust started as RLJ Development and changed its name when it went public on the New York Stock Exchange under RLJ on May 13, 2011. The company operates in 21 states with 149 hotels under global brands including Courtyard by Marriott, Hilton Garden Inn, Hyatt Place and Embassy Suites Hotels. In 2008, RLJ Companies formed a partnership with Global Building Solutions to build a 78-room luxury resort and spa in Monrovia, Liberia.〔 The RLJ Kendeja Resort & Villas opened in March 2009. Thomas J. Baltimore Jr. serves as president and CEO of RLJ Lodging Trust.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=RLJ Lodging Trust gears up for transactions )〕 David Rubenstein and Johnson partnered with Carlyle Group in 2006 to form RLJ Equity Partners, a middle-market equity firm.〔 RLJ Equity Partners invested in CVC, the largest tour operator in Latin America, in January 2010. In September 2010, it partnered with Enhanced Recovery Corp to gain more presence in the Southeast. It has also invested in Fleischmann’s Vinegar, LAI International, TMone, Naylor and R. Thompson Trucking Inc.〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Investing in his passion )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Emerald Deal Tops 2013 M&A Activity )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=RLJ Equity Partners Acquires R. Thompson Trucking Inc. )〕 Johnson collaborated with Mack McLarty and Steve Landers to create RLJ-McLarty-Landers Automotive Holdings, LLC in 2007.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.autonews.com/article/20120507/RETAIL07/305079993#axzz2pkW0Ld4L )〕 It is the parent company for Little Rock, Arkansas based RML Automotive.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Why Toyota of Lewisville got a new owner )〕 Johnson holds 60% of RLJ-McLarty-Landers Automotive Holdings, LLC, making it the largest minority-owned automotive dealership in the country.〔 In response to the 2010 Haiti earthquake, Global Building Solutions collaborated with RLJ Companies to from Caribbean Opportunity Holdings in April 2010.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=RLJ Companies to Bring Jobs, Build Homes in Haiti )〕 Trading under NASDAQ as RLJAU, RLJ Acquisition was formed as a special-purpose acquisition company in December 2010 with the purpose of consummating business combinations.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=RLJ Acquisition, Inc. )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Johnson wheels and deals to fulfill ambitions for RLJ )〕 H.Van Sinclair serves as CEO.〔 RLJ Entertainment Inc. formed when the RLJ Companies acquired Acorn Media Group, Inc. and Image Entertainment Inc. in 2012.〔〔 It trades under the NASDAQ ticker RLJE. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「RLJ Companies」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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