A fascinating article in the FT describes the fantastic rise of private equity in South Korea and profiles MBK Partners.
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    	  	                 MBK Partners
                      private equity
                      South Korea
            
        
                              
                           
         
      
      
      
       
      
       
           
           
         
        
          
                              
          
          
              The WSJ recently interviewed senior leadership at Advent International, a Boston-based private equity firm looking to deploy $30 bil...         
         
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    	  	                 Advent International
                      credit markets
                      private equity
                      recession
            
        
                              
                           
         
      
      
      
       
      
       
           
           
         
        
          
                              
          
          
              Dick Heckmann made his first fortune rolling up small companies "doing almost anything related to water: treating wastewater, making...         
         
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    	  	                 independent sponsor
                      private equity
                      private equity roll up
                      roll up
            
        
                              
                           
         
      
      
      
       
      
       
           
           
         
        
          
                              
          
          
              FT journalist Satyajit Das writes that the next crisis may center around booming private markets. Investors have allocated $9.9 tril...         
         
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    	  	                 crisis
                      economy
                      leverage
                      private equity
                      risk
            
        
                              
                           
         
      
      
      
       
      
       
           
           
         
        
          
                              
          
          
              At the conclusion of 2021 private equity controlled assets including dry powder valued at $2.6 trillion. Pitchbook reports that for ...         
         
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    	  	                 debt
                      leverage
                      overleveraged
                      private equity
            
        
                              
                           
         
      
      
      
       
      
       
           
           
         
        
          
                              
          
          
              Definition of a search fund from the study: "A search fund is an entrepreneurial path undertaken by one or two individuals (the “sea...         
         
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    	  	                 private equity
                      search fund
            
        
                              
                           
         
      
      
      
       
      
       
           
           
         
        
          
                              
          
          
              Crocs was founded in 2002 by Lyndon Hanson, Scott Seamans and George Boedeker after a boating trip to Mexico convinced them that the...         
         
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    	  	                 crocs
                      IPO
                      private equity