Company Quote by 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…

— David Rubenstein

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

— N. Robert Hammer

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

In the '70s and '80s, what private equity did is it changed corporate America. It started holding companies accountable, and for the first time…

— Henry Kravis

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

Private equity has been the purview of super wealthy individuals and institutions.

— Michael Lee-Chin

The private equity world is a relatively small one. There are currently probably a few thousand professional jobs worldwide. In private equity, that's probably…

— David Bonderman

I've probably done more venture capital deals and expansion financings than I have done private equity deals. But both are the same. Private equity…

— Stephen Pagliuca

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

— Lina Khan

I think good private equity investors create a lot more economic value than they destroy.

— Bill Ackman

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

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

— Joe Lonsdale