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

“I really think about the family office world being the next private equity.”

From The Wall Street Journal

However, GP-stakes deals tend to be quite complex and therefore have a limited pool of potential investors, said Cees Brouwer, a partner with the private equity and secondaries group at law firm Hogan Lovells.

From The Wall Street Journal

A projected increase in M&A activity for 2026 is supported by lower interest rates, economic growth, and $2.2 trillion in private equity ‘dry powder’.

From Barron's

Private equity funds have large amounts of cash to do those transactions.

From Barron's

“Private equity dry powder has to get out to work, and that can drive more M&A activity into next year,” says Matt Zimmer, global head of investment banking at William Blair.

From Barron's