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Private equity investors are an integral part of the economy and should be celebrated for making our country wealthier.

— Joe Lonsdale

It's clear to me when you do private equity well, you're making companies more efficient and helping them grow and become more profitable. That…

— David Rubenstein

Private equity has absolutely no reason to exist. The private equity holder has all the upside and the banks all the downside.

— Nassim Nicholas Taleb

The world of private equity is only likely to get a lot bigger.

— Lina Khan

Not all private equity people are evil. Only some.

— Paul Krugman

We really wake up every day trying to build businesses. That is the goal of private equity. It's a misnomer out there that private…

— Stephen Pagliuca

Nothing turns off an investor more than when an entrepreneur comes in with a ridiculous valuation.

— Kevin Harrington

Simply put, investors should own less equities, more bonds, more global investments, more cash and more dry ammunition.

— Mohamed El-Erian

Private equity firms aren't necessarily evil by definition. There are many stories of successful turnarounds fueled by private equity, often involving multiple floundering businesses…

— Matt Taibbi

Some of the very best private equity people, in my experience, are people who start out as stock pickers - people who really understood…

— David Bonderman

Private equity firms working closely with venture capitalists and technologists may be able to unlock assets that others have not leveraged and build technology…

— Joe Lonsdale

Private equity helps produce strong companies, promotes innovation and spurs job growth.

— N. Robert Hammer