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# Oatly, backed by Oprah and Blackstone, files for IPO

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Oatly, backed by Oprah and Blackstone, files for IPO

Swedish oat-milk producer was valued around $2 billion last year

Oatly Group AB has formally filed paperwork Monday for an initial public offering in the U.S., nine months after private-equity giant Blackstone Group Inc. and a handful high-profile celebrities took a stake in the oat milk producer.

The Malmö, Sweden-based company entered the U.S. market in 2017 with its alternative dairy products that have grown in popularity among consumers seeking healthier options with less impact on the environment.

Last July, The Wall Street Journal reported the company had sold a $200 million stake to a group led by Blackstone
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and included Oprah Winfrey, Natalie Portman, former Starbucks Corp. chief Howard Schultz and the entertainment company founded by Jay-Z. The sale of the roughly 10% stake valued Oatly at about $2 billion. In February, the oat-milk maker confidentially filed for an IPO in the U.S.

The retail value of the plant-based dairy industry in the Americas is expected to hit $7 billion by 2025, according to Euromonitor.

An expanded version of this report appears on WSJ.com.

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