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
The Private Equity Playbook: Management’s Guide to Working with Private Equity
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
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
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 BurroughCEO-Stories by Michael EastwoodKing of Capital by David CareyThe Masters of Private Equity and Venture Capital by Finkel
Private Equity - Must Reads
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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

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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