Definition Quote by Matt Taibbi

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

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

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

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…

— David Rubenstein

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

As president of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, I have seen private equity firms plunder company after company, taking rich fees for themselves and…

— James P. Hoffa

The left's obsession with corporations as a spawn of evil is pathological paranoia. A corporation is just one form of organizing a private business…

— Mike Rosen

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

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