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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private equity

Where difficulties will arise is in the sectors where the cheap-money era is most embedded: private equity and private credit.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 24, 2026

The deal was made through its Enilive subsidiary that houses its mobility businesses and is co-owned with U.S private equity company KKR, which has a 30% stake.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026

The private equity investment gives investors a slice of the 650,000 barrels-per-day refinery launched two years ago and is currently the largest on the continent.

From Barron's ● Jul. 23, 2026

Still, California has become a booming hub for the artificial intelligence industry, attracting more than 10 times as much private equity as any other state this year.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026

Their stint in the private equity business—in which firms buy and sell entire companies over the counter—led them to believe that private stock markets might be more efficient than public ones.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis