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Private Equity


Private Equity Books

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 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 Private Equity Playbook: Management’s Guide to Working with Private Equity
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
Valuation: Measuring and Managing the Value of Companies, Fourth Edition
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
Private Equity in Action: Case Studies from Developed and Emerging Markets
Merchants of Debt: KKR and the Mortgaging of American Business
The Private Equity Toolkit: A Step-by-Step Guide to Getting Deals Done from Sourcing to Exit (Wiley Finance)
Private Equity as an Asset Class (The Wiley Finance Series)
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Barbarians at the Gate by Bryan BurroughKing of Capital by David CareyThe Masters of Private Equity and Venture Capital by FinkelThe New Tycoons by Jason KellyThe Private Equity Playbook by Adam Coffey
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Quotes Tagged “Private Equity”

“ Equities/Stocks have a high risk, higher return ratio, so do cryptocurrencies, which involve high volatility....private equity investments also offer higher return on investments but involve higher risk. Aim to be an investor with a broad outlook ”
― David Sikhosana, Time Value of Money
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Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr.
“ When Private Equity is approached from an ecosystem perspective, businesses in the portfolio can be led to create multiplicative value effects; with other businesses in the portfolio being primary additional beneficiaries, thereby amplifying profitability among several the businesses in the ecosystem. ”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr, CEO of Mayflower-Plymouth
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