private-equity company

British  

noun

1. an organization that uses private equity to gain control of and manage companies

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private-equity company

Then came Chrysler’s sale to a private-equity company in 2007, followed by its bankruptcy, bailout and takeover by Italy’s Fiat, creating Fiat Chrysler Automobiles.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 4, 2026

Another $30 billion would be provided by private-equity company Redbird, which was also part of the Paramount deal, as well as two Middle Eastern sovereign wealth funds.

From Barron's ● Dec. 22, 2025

A last-minute possibility of keeping the mine in Western hands emerged when a U.S. private-equity company, General Innovation Capital Partners, made a nonbinding offer that exceeded Shenghe’s.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 23, 2025

Neither Jared Kushner, who now runs a private-equity company, nor Charles Kushner, who serves as chairman of the Kushner real estate company, responded to requests for comment.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 7, 2022

The $1.5 billion figure to which Mr. Trump referred on Thursday appears to be the amount of money that a Shanghai-based private-equity company, BHR Equity Investment Fund Management Co., aimed to raise in 2014.

From New York Times ● Oct. 3, 2019