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Blue Owl Minority Investments Take Time

    "Through its Dyal strategy, Blue Owl acquires minority positions of 10% to 25% in private asset managers and so far has backed more ...

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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...

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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...

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        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 ...

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          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...

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            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...

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              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 ...

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