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Manischewitz
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<p>Manischewitz is a brand of <a href="/facts/Kosher/vA7yLY7x">kosher</a> products founded in 1888 in <a href="/facts/Cincinnati/PcyTWhS4">Cincinnati</a>, Ohio, and best known for its <a href="/facts/Matzah/Jvf2Ehq9">matzo</a> and <a href="/facts/Kosher_wine/p9lsQBxL">kosher wine</a>. It became a public corporation in 1923 but remained under family control until January 1991, when it was bought out by a <a href="/facts/Private_equity_firm/A5v0nuU1">private equity firm</a>. On April 7, 2014, Sankaty Advisors, an arm of the private equity firm <a href="/facts/Bain_Capital/dRLAAKzC">Bain Capital</a>, bought the company from a group that included the investment firm Harbinger. It is the world's largest <a href="/facts/Matzah/Jvf2Ehq9">matzo</a> manufacturer, one of America's largest kosher brands, and the first American exporter of matzo. </p>