private equity fund

American  

[prahy-vit ek-wi-tee fuhnd] / ˈpraɪ vɪt ˈɛk wɪ ti ˌfʌnd /

noun

1. an investment partnership that invests directly in private companies, with a profit objective based on the long-term potential.

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Etymology

Origin of private equity fund

First recorded in 1990–95

Example Sentences

It also secured one million euros from the Swiss private equity fund Apres-Demain, led by pharmaceutical billionaire Thierry Mauvernay.

From Barron's

I’ve variably launched a private equity fund, tried to buy a Venezuelan gold company, launched a separate hedge fund called Milton’s Opus, got divorced, got blown up, never disclosed the derivatives trade, borrowed $8 billion, spent much of the last two years in Asia, accused everyone but me on Wall Street of being idiots, siphoned off the capital of the funds into my personal account, and more or less turned Scion into the next Amaranth.

From Literature

The suit names the jewelry company’s two owners, The Bathing Club LLC, which it alleges is controlled by Geragos, and LC A&A Holdings, which it alleges is controlled by financier Lyndon Lea through the private equity fund Lion Capital.

From Los Angeles Times

If the company were on the stock market or owned by a private equity fund, it would be under pressure for short-term results.

From BBC

If you’re a private equity fund and you don’t like to be regulated, what do you do?

From Slate