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

“Kevin is extraordinary. He’s been like a Swiss army knife at Duquesne. He runs our private equity, he helps with economic forecasts. He handles the networking outside the firm.”

From MarketWatch • May 7, 2026

The private equity firm said the challenges were partly due to the "forced" name change, saying that it negatively impacted public awareness of the brand.

From BBC • May 6, 2026

The company also unveiled a $1.5 billion joint venture with Wall Street firms to sell AI tools to companies—including those backed by private equity.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 5, 2026

TKE, or TK Elevator, split from Germany's Thyssenkrupp to become a standalone company in 2020 and is owned by a consortium including the private equity groups Advent and Cinven.

From Barron's • Apr. 29, 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