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 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)
What It Takes: Lessons in the Pursuit of Excellence
Lessons from Private Equity Any Company Can Use
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
Venture Capital and Private Equity: A Casebook
Merchants of Debt: KKR and the Mortgaging of American Business
Valuation: Measuring and Managing the Value of Companies, Fourth Edition
Bad Company: Private Equity and the Death of the American Dream
Private Equity in Action: Case Studies from Developed and Emerging Markets
CEO-Stories by Michael EastwoodDeath, Taxes, and Turduckens by Jens Kurt HeyckeBarbarians at the Gate by Bryan BurroughFinancial Literacy for Beginners by A. J. CameronKing of Capital by David Carey
Private Equity - Must Reads
20 books — 7 voters

Richie Norton
“ BAV - Business As Value A business in which the business itself is the primary store of value, with value accumulating across assets such as brand, customers, distribution, systems, contracts, recurring revenue, intellectual property, data, relationships, infrastructure, talent, and market position. Test: If the product disappeared, would the business still be valuable? ”
― RICHIE NORTON

Richie Norton
“ BAAP - Business As A Product A business intentionally designed, developed, and positioned as a product or asset in itself, capable of being acquired, sold, financed, licensed, franchised, spun out, or integrated into another organization. ”
― RICHIE NORTON

More quotes...
Goodreads @ Carta Carta is full of avid readers with a plethora of book recommendations. This is a space for reade…more
34 members, last active 5 years ago
Deals & Deal-Making A group to discuss and recommend books on the deal making side of business. Topics including, An…more
8 members, last active 16 years ago