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King of Capital: The Remarkable Rise, Fall, and Rise Again of Steve Schwarzman and Blackstone (Hardcover)
by (shelved 41 times as private-equity)
avg rating 4.04 — 5,565 ratings — published 2010
Barbarians at the Gate: The Fall of RJR Nabisco (Paperback)
by (shelved 35 times as private-equity)
avg rating 4.29 — 46,152 ratings — published 1989
The Masters of Private Equity and Venture Capital: Management Lessons from the Pioneers of Private Investing (Hardcover)
by (shelved 26 times as private-equity)
avg rating 3.81 — 648 ratings — published 2009
Mastering Private Equity: Transformation via Venture Capital, Minority Investments and Buyouts (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 25 times as private-equity)
avg rating 4.22 — 374 ratings — published
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 — 1,326 ratings — published
The New Tycoons: Inside the Trillion Dollar Private Equity Industry That Owns Everything (Bloomberg)
by (shelved 23 times as private-equity)
avg rating 3.68 — 1,087 ratings — published 2012
What It Takes: Lessons in the Pursuit of Excellence (Audio CD)
by (shelved 17 times as private-equity)
avg rating 4.14 — 9,556 ratings — published 2019
Lessons from Private Equity Any Company Can Use (Hardcover)
by (shelved 17 times as private-equity)
avg rating 3.80 — 527 ratings — published 2008
The Caesars Palace Coup: How a Billionaire Brawl Over the Famous Casino Exposed the Power and Greed of Wall Street (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as private-equity)
avg rating 4.05 — 4,028 ratings — published 2021
Plunder: Private Equity's Plan to Pillage America (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as private-equity)
avg rating 4.08 — 2,200 ratings — published 2023
Venture Capital and Private Equity: A Casebook (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as private-equity)
avg rating 3.84 — 106 ratings — published 1999
Merchants of Debt: KKR and the Mortgaging of American Business (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as private-equity)
avg rating 4.37 — 439 ratings — published 2013
Valuation: Measuring and Managing the Value of Companies, Fourth Edition (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as private-equity)
avg rating 4.29 — 1,839 ratings — published 2000
Bad Company: Private Equity and the Death of the American Dream (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as private-equity)
avg rating 4.02 — 5,675 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 4.04 — 53 ratings — published
These Are the Plunderers: How Private Equity Runs—and Wrecks—America (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 7 times as private-equity)
avg rating 3.70 — 1,037 ratings — published
Private Equity Laid Bare (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 7 times as private-equity)
avg rating 4.14 — 84 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 4.44 — 88 ratings — published
Two and Twenty: How the Masters of Private Equity Always Win (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as private-equity)
avg rating 3.32 — 370 ratings — published
Private Equity at Work: When Wall Street Manages Main Street (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as private-equity)
avg rating 3.95 — 95 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 — 184 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 4.26 — 66 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 4.37 — 59 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 — 214 ratings — published 2009
Investment Banking: Valuation, Leveraged Buyouts, and Mergers and Acquisitions (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as private-equity)
avg rating 4.32 — 1,224 ratings — published 2009
International Private Equity (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as private-equity)
avg rating 4.03 — 33 ratings — published 2011
The Predators' Ball: The Inside Story of Drexel Burnham and the Rise of the Junk Bond Raiders (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as private-equity)
avg rating 4.08 — 4,568 ratings — published 1988
Buy Then Build: How Acquisition Entrepreneurs Outsmart the Startup Game (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 4 times as private-equity)
avg rating 4.30 — 3,202 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 — 3,024 ratings — published 2021
Sonho Grande (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as private-equity)
avg rating 4.16 — 5,787 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 3.27 — 22 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
How to Make a Few Billion Dollars (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as private-equity)
avg rating 3.93 — 2,296 ratings — published
Liar's Poker (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as private-equity)
avg rating 4.14 — 115,448 ratings — published 1989
Private Equity: A Casebook (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 3 times as private-equity)
avg rating 3.75 — 4 ratings — published
The Dealmaker: Lessons from a Life in Private Equity (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as private-equity)
avg rating 3.79 — 343 ratings — published 2012
Competition Demystified: A Radically Simplified Approach to Business Strategy (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as private-equity)
avg rating 4.30 — 2,029 ratings — published 2005
The Dealmaker: Lessons from a Life in Private Equity (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 3 times as private-equity)
avg rating 3.89 — 694 ratings — published
Den of Thieves (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as private-equity)
avg rating 4.16 — 15,345 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 3.58 — 226 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 — 239 ratings — published 2000
Masters of the Universe: Winning Strategies of America's Greatest Dealmakers (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as private-equity)
avg rating 3.71 — 28 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 3.96 — 7,771 ratings — published 2023
King Icahn: The Biography of a Renegade Capitalist (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 2 times as private-equity)
avg rating 3.93 — 726 ratings — published 1993
A Time for Reflection: An Autobiography (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as private-equity)
avg rating 3.94 — 16 ratings — published 2003
Private Equity: A Memoir (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as private-equity)
avg rating 3.59 — 5,144 ratings — published 2024
“A merger is not a mere arithmetic addition of balance sheets; it's a profound organizational rebirth or resurrection. For the elite Private Equity firm, an acquisition represents the necessary death of the acquired organizations stagnant paradigm so that a more vital, dominant entity may be born.”
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“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”
― Time Value of Money
― Time Value of Money
