What is the definition of a Private Equity?

Private Equity is one of the most vaunted types of work in finance and private equity interviews are notoriously challenging. The typical route into private equity is after having spent 2 years at a top investment bank and/or completing an MBA at a top business school. For an excellent insight into the Private Equity world, read "Barbarians at the Gate" which details the LBO of R.J.R. Nabisco by KKR in the 1980s.


Private Equity is not very well known outside of the finance world, but it is one of the key players in global business. Private Equity firms are part of the fabled 'buy-side' and some of the largest firms (megafunds) are:

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