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Private Equity Books
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King of Capital: The Remarkable Rise, Fall, and Rise Again of Steve Schwarzman and Blackstone (Hardcover)
by (shelved 39 times as private-equity)
avg rating 4.04 — 5,432 ratings — published 2010
Barbarians at the Gate: The Fall of RJR Nabisco (Paperback)
by (shelved 33 times as private-equity)
avg rating 4.29 — 44,947 ratings — published 1989
The Private Equity Playbook: Management’s Guide to Working with Private Equity (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 24 times as private-equity)
avg rating 4.04 — 1,280 ratings — published
The Masters of Private Equity and Venture Capital: Management Lessons from the Pioneers of Private Investing (Hardcover)
by (shelved 24 times as private-equity)
avg rating 3.81 — 642 ratings — published 2009
Mastering Private Equity: Transformation via Venture Capital, Minority Investments and Buyouts (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 23 times as private-equity)
avg rating 4.23 — 355 ratings — published
The New Tycoons: Inside the Trillion Dollar Private Equity Industry That Owns Everything (Bloomberg)
by (shelved 22 times as private-equity)
avg rating 3.68 — 1,079 ratings — published 2012
Lessons from Private Equity Any Company Can Use (Hardcover)
by (shelved 17 times as private-equity)
avg rating 3.80 — 523 ratings — published 2008
What It Takes: Lessons in the Pursuit of Excellence (Audio CD)
by (shelved 16 times as private-equity)
avg rating 4.14 — 9,343 ratings — published 2019
Venture Capital and Private Equity: A Casebook (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as private-equity)
avg rating 3.84 — 106 ratings — published 1999
The Caesars Palace Coup: How a Billionaire Brawl Over the Famous Casino Exposed the Power and Greed of Wall Street (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as private-equity)
avg rating 4.05 — 3,755 ratings — published 2021
Valuation: Measuring and Managing the Value of Companies, Fourth Edition (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as private-equity)
avg rating 4.29 — 1,813 ratings — published 2000
Plunder: Private Equity's Plan to Pillage America (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as private-equity)
avg rating 4.08 — 2,002 ratings — published 2023
Merchants of Debt: KKR and the Mortgaging of American Business (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as private-equity)
avg rating 4.36 — 428 ratings — published 2013
Bad Company: Private Equity and the Death of the American Dream (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as private-equity)
avg rating 4.02 — 4,739 ratings — published 2025
Private Equity in Action: Case Studies from Developed and Emerging Markets (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 8 times as private-equity)
avg rating 4.02 — 52 ratings — published
Private Equity as an Asset Class (The Wiley Finance Series)
by (shelved 7 times as private-equity)
avg rating 3.59 — 91 ratings — published 2007
The Private Equity Toolkit: A Step-by-Step Guide to Getting Deals Done from Sourcing to Exit (Wiley Finance)
by (shelved 6 times as private-equity)
avg rating 4.42 — 83 ratings — published
These Are the Plunderers: How Private Equity Runs—and Wrecks—America (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 6 times as private-equity)
avg rating 3.70 — 974 ratings — published
Two and Twenty: How the Masters of Private Equity Always Win (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as private-equity)
avg rating 3.31 — 362 ratings — published
Private Equity Laid Bare (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 6 times as private-equity)
avg rating 4.17 — 83 ratings — published
Private Equity at Work: When Wall Street Manages Main Street (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as private-equity)
avg rating 3.95 — 94 ratings — published 2014
The Buyout of America: How Private Equity Will Cause the Next Great Credit Crisis (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as private-equity)
avg rating 3.58 — 180 ratings — published 2009
Leveraged Buyouts, + Website: A Practical Guide to Investment Banking and Private Equity (Wiley Finance)
by (shelved 6 times as private-equity)
avg rating 4.27 — 63 ratings — published 2013
Winning Moves: 105 Proven Ways to Create Value in Private Equity-Backed Companies (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 5 times as private-equity)
avg rating 4.36 — 56 ratings — published
Gods at War: Shotgun Takeovers, Government by Deal, and the Private Equity Implosion (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as private-equity)
avg rating 3.74 — 213 ratings — published 2009
Investment Banking: Valuation, Leveraged Buyouts, and Mergers and Acquisitions (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as private-equity)
avg rating 4.32 — 1,195 ratings — published 2009
International Private Equity (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as private-equity)
avg rating 4.06 — 32 ratings — published 2011
Buy Then Build: How Acquisition Entrepreneurs Outsmart the Startup Game (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 4 times as private-equity)
avg rating 4.30 — 3,022 ratings — published
The Key Man: The True Story of How the Global Elite Was Duped by a Capitalist Fairy Tale (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as private-equity)
avg rating 4.18 — 2,950 ratings — published 2021
Sonho Grande (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as private-equity)
avg rating 4.17 — 5,738 ratings — published 2013
Private Equity Operational Due Diligence, + Website: Tools to Evaluate Liquidity, Valuation, and Documentation (Wiley Finance)
by (shelved 4 times as private-equity)
avg rating 3.19 — 21 ratings — published 2012
Inside Private Equity: The Professional Investor's Handbook (Wiley Finance)
by (shelved 4 times as private-equity)
avg rating 4.10 — 50 ratings — published 2009
The Predators' Ball: The Inside Story of Drexel Burnham and the Rise of the Junk Bond Raiders (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as private-equity)
avg rating 4.09 — 4,515 ratings — published 1988
How to Make a Few Billion Dollars (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as private-equity)
avg rating 3.94 — 2,091 ratings — published
The Dealmaker: Lessons from a Life in Private Equity (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as private-equity)
avg rating 3.79 — 327 ratings — published 2012
Competition Demystified: A Radically Simplified Approach to Business Strategy (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as private-equity)
avg rating 4.30 — 1,989 ratings — published 2005
Den of Thieves (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as private-equity)
avg rating 4.16 — 15,135 ratings — published 1991
Private Equity: History, Governance, and Operations (Wiley Finance)
by (shelved 3 times as private-equity)
avg rating 3.48 — 23 ratings — published 2008
The Iron Triangle: Inside the Secret World of the Carlyle Group (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as private-equity)
avg rating 3.59 — 224 ratings — published 2003
Investment Banks, Hedge Funds, and Private Equity (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as private-equity)
avg rating 4.00 — 29 ratings — published 2012
Private Equity: Opportunities and Risks (Financial Markets and Investments)
by (shelved 3 times as private-equity)
avg rating 4.33 — 9 ratings — published 2015
Financial Modeling (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as private-equity)
avg rating 4.02 — 238 ratings — published 2000
The Fund: Ray Dalio, Bridgewater Associates, and the Unraveling of a Wall Street Legend (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as private-equity)
avg rating 3.97 — 7,461 ratings — published 2023
Private Equity: A Memoir (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as private-equity)
avg rating 3.60 — 4,819 ratings — published 2024
HBR Guide to Buying a Small Business (HBR Guide Series)
by (shelved 2 times as private-equity)
avg rating 4.42 — 1,614 ratings — published 2017
Empire Builder: The Road to a Billion (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 2 times as private-equity)
avg rating 4.24 — 176 ratings — published
The Messy Marketplace: Selling Your Business in a World of Imperfect Buyers (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as private-equity)
avg rating 4.25 — 169 ratings — published
The Credit Investor's Handbook: Leveraged Loans, High Yield Bonds, and Distressed Debt (Wiley Finance)
by (shelved 2 times as private-equity)
avg rating 4.65 — 164 ratings — published
Main Street Millionaire: How to Make Extraordinary Wealth Buying Ordinary Businesses (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as private-equity)
avg rating 4.36 — 3,047 ratings — published 2024
Liar's Poker (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as private-equity)
avg rating 4.15 — 113,554 ratings — published 1989
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