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

There is no current meeting planned between the government and executives from current owners, US private equity group Gordon Brothers.

From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2026

If he were running, say, a pension fund, and he was approached by private equity, he said, “I would be very careful about what was being offered to me.”

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 30, 2026

After working in private equity for five years post-business school, she joined Wayfair in early 2014 as head of investor relations to help lead the company’s 2014 IPO alongside then-CFO Michael Fleisher.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026

The candidate made millions after selling his funeral home businesses to a private equity firm.

From Salon ● Oct. 28, 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

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