Introduction to Private Equity

A description of the private equity industry and how it has scaled. The lesson will focus on the industry at a macro level, and it will also explain why the industry is becoming increasingly relevant to everyone.

This lesson explains the focus of this series, and begins to explain how private equity works by introducing various types of particpants that engage in leveraged buyouts.

 An introduction to the independent sponsor in private equity.

This lesson describes private equity fund structure and starts to explore how private equity fund managers are compensated.