Private Equity Quotes

23 quotes by 20 authors

• Let's face it, we're skunk drunk and it's because of money. It's almost like we all need to enter Betty Ford Clinic 2.0 together. This… — Steve Rubel
• I see myself as a private-equity investor that helps rebuild companies. Restructuring is a cottage industry in that there aren't that many serious practitioners. — Wilbur Ross
• Whether a tops-down or bottoms-up investor in bonds, stocks, or private equity, the standard analysis tends to judge an investor or his firm on the… — Bill Gross
• I think this is also a great time to invest in private equity, helping companies grow from the ground up. — Jim Rogers
• Private equity has been the purview of super wealthy individuals and institutions. — Michael Lee-Chin
• People used to think that private equity was basically just a compensation scheme, but it is much more about making companies more efficient. — David Rubenstein
• 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 success… — David Rubenstein
• The role of private equity as fiduciaries is certainly to make money. — Thomas G. Stemberg
• I delivered lectures, and I was also a consultant for international companies in finance, both private equity and big venture capital funds. — Ehud Barak
• A good default, like Portugal or Greece, would be very good for the private equity business. — David Bonderman
• 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
• It's very hard for individual inventors to get paid. For the same reason that private equity is valuable - broadly, that's a good thing -… — Nathan Myhrvold
• If private-equity firms are as good at remaking companies as they claim, they don't need tax loopholes to make money. — James Surowiecki
• 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 that… — Matt Taibbi
• In our equities business, 49 of the 50 most important Lehman clients are back doing business with us. The flows are 75 to 80 per… — Bob Diamond
• Big banks have long had private equity divisions that put up capital for deals too complex or risky for individual shareholders to finance. — Alex Berenson
• I think good private equity investors create a lot more economic value than they destroy. — Bill Ackman
• Private equity helps produce strong companies, promotes innovation and spurs job growth. — N. Robert Hammer
• Private equity funds a substantial amount of new businesses and is the source of capital to rejuvenate failing businesses, which are major drivers of job… — N. Robert Hammer
• There is no denying that downsizing can happen when a company receives private equity funding. It is unfortunate and hard on everyone who is affected. — N. Robert Hammer

Who Wrote These Private Equity Quotes

20 authors contributed a total of 23 Private Equity Quotes as follows:

• 3 Private Equity Quotes by N. Robert Hammer
• 2 Private Equity Quotes by David Rubenstein
• 1 Private Equity Quote by Jack Reed
• 1 Private Equity Quote by Steve Rubel
• 1 Private Equity Quote by Wilbur Ross
• 1 Private Equity Quote by Bill Gross
• 1 Private Equity Quote by Jim Rogers
• 1 Private Equity Quote by Michael Lee-Chin
• 1 Private Equity Quote by Thomas G. Stemberg
• 1 Private Equity Quote by Ehud Barak
• 1 Private Equity Quote by David Bonderman
• 1 Private Equity Quote by Nassim Nicholas Taleb
• 1 Private Equity Quote by Nathan Myhrvold
• 1 Private Equity Quote by James Surowiecki
• 1 Private Equity Quote by Matt Taibbi
• 1 Private Equity Quote by Bob Diamond
• 1 Private Equity Quote by Alex Berenson
• 1 Private Equity Quote by Bill Ackman
• 1 Private Equity Quote by Gerry Schwartz
• 1 Private Equity Quote by Austin Ligon