Private Equity


King of Capital: The Remarkable Rise, Fall, and Rise Again of Steve Schwarzman and Blackstone
Barbarians at the Gate: The Fall of RJR Nabisco
The Private Equity Playbook: Management’s Guide to Working with Private Equity
The Masters of Private Equity and Venture Capital: Management Lessons from the Pioneers of Private Investing
Mastering Private Equity: Transformation via Venture Capital, Minority Investments and Buyouts
The New Tycoons: Inside the Trillion Dollar Private Equity Industry That Owns Everything (Bloomberg)
Lessons from Private Equity Any Company Can Use
What It Takes: Lessons in the Pursuit of Excellence
Venture Capital and Private Equity: A Casebook
The Caesars Palace Coup: How a Billionaire Brawl Over the Famous Casino Exposed the Power and Greed of Wall Street
Plunder: Private Equity's Plan to Pillage America
Valuation: Measuring and Managing the Value of Companies, Fourth Edition
Merchants of Debt: KKR and the Mortgaging of American Business
Bad Company: Private Equity and the Death of the American Dream
Private Equity in Action: Case Studies from Developed and Emerging Markets
Death, Taxes, and Turduckens by Jens Kurt HeyckeBarbarians at the Gate by Bryan BurroughKing of Capital by David CareyThe Masters of Private Equity and Venture Capital by FinkelThe New Tycoons by Jason    Kelly
Private Equity - Must Reads
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Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr.
A merger is not a mere arithmetic addition of balance sheets; it's a profound organizational rebirth or resurrection. For the elite Private Equity firm, an acquisition represents the necessary death of the acquired organizations stagnant paradigm so that a more vital, dominant entity may be born. ...more
Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr.

Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr.
Trust is vital. In order for investors to have us steward their capital, a prerequisite is that they trust us.
Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr

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