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Private Equity’s New Phase

Harvard Business Review

From 1996 to 2015, the number of publicly traded companies in the United States alone dropped nearly 50%. This phase was loosely called leverage buy out (LBO) from about 1979 to 1990 and included over 2,000 LBOs. a condo development, apartment building, or golf course). How Phase 3 Is Changing PE Companies.

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