private equity

British  

noun

1. finance equity in a business that is raised from private sources, as opposed to shares that can be traded publicly

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Example Sentences

She is signed with United Talent Agency and has launched a private equity film fund dedicated to uplifting underrepresented voices in Hollywood.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 15, 2026

The California Public Employees’ Retirement System last year said $103 billion, or 15%, of its investment portfolio was in private equity.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 11, 2026

By some measures, however, individual investors have even less tolerance for some of the features of private equity than do institutions.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2026

Fueling concerns about private credit are worries that new artificial intelligence tools will take away sales from the software firms whose private equity buyouts were financed by private credit.

From Barron's • Apr. 2, 2026

Both had worked briefly for the New York private equity firm Golub Associates as grunts chained to their desks, but neither had made actual investment decisions.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis