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PE Multiples to the Moon
Per McKinsey & Co., the amount of leverage employed in U.S. buyouts is at an elevated level. The two-year trailing average stand...
EBITDA multiple
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Vista Equity Partners Secret Advantage
Robert Smith launched Vista Equity Partners in 2000, a private equity firm focused entirely on software companies, and he is partial...
investment strategy
private equity
Diageo Buys Davos Brands LLC (Including Aviation Gin)
Diageo has agreed to acquire Davos Brands LLC for $610 million. The portfolio of brands includes Aviation Gin, which benefited from ...
marketing
private equity
wine and spirits
Maximum Strategy: Honest Mint Mobile Ad
Exploring the cost of advertising during the Super Bowl was a light bulb moment for Mint Mobile investor (2019) Ryan Reynolds: why n...
marketing
private equity
Origin of Sealed Bid Auctions in Private Equity
In 1982 a young Steve Schwarzman, who at the time was an investment banker that chaired Lehman Brothers’s M&A committee, was adv...
private equity
200x Return on Greeting Card Company
What follows is one of the best examples of using leverage to make money in private equity. In 1982 a private equity firm purchased ...
private equity
Private Equity Owned Firms Grows to 7,700
In 2008 the number of publicly listed entities approximated the number of companies owned by private equity firms at around 4,700.
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