Build Quote by Joe Lonsdale

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

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

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

— Joe Lonsdale

Private companies have a lot of capital. They can run things efficiently and get projects built.

— Steve Martin

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

— Bill Ackman

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 funds a substantial amount of new businesses and is the source of capital to rejuvenate failing businesses, which are major drivers of…

— N. Robert Hammer

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

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

One thing I'm so grateful for is sidestepping the usual venture capital, private equity route. My friends who have gone that way are many…

— Blake Mycoskie