Mastering Private Equity
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Mastering Private Equity
Mastering Private Equity
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Mastering Private Equity β Second Edition: Navigating New Horizons in Private Markets
Mastering Private Equity, the definitive guide to private equity (PE) since 2017, has been fully updated to reflect the current state of the industry, the latest market data, and the innovation reshaping the private capital industry.
Written for a professional audience, the Second Edition of Mastering Private Equity is a valuable and unique reference for investors, finance professionals, students, and business owners looking to engage with PE firms or invest in PE funds.
What's New
While preserving its core focus on education, the Second Edition highlights the latest industry developments, including:
- A more measured and resilient Venture Capital space, following steep repricing of risk in 2021 and a 3x increase in downrounds in 22-23
- The rapid expansion of Private Debt, catalysed by a high-interest rate environment and the strategyβs edge in a traditional fixed income portfolio
- Buy-and-Build Strategies, and PE investorβs ability to create category-leading businesses and grow platforms via acquisition
- PE Secondaries are de jour, as the market delivered liquidity in an inflationary and low exit environment
- The step-change in responsible and impact investing, from βinterestingβ in 2017 to βessentialβ in 2025
- The Democratization of Private Capital, introducing high-net-worth individuals to the asset class
Join the authors and two dozen senior industry contributors for a masterclass on the essentials of private equity and the trends driving the industryβs sustained growth.
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781394310470
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc
Format: Hardback
Date Published: 19 June 2025
Country: United States
Imprint: John Wiley & Sons Inc
Edition: 2nd edition
Contributors:
- Foreword by Henry Kravis
- Foreword by George Roberts
Audience: Professional and scholarly
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 25.0mm
Width: 183.0mm
Height: 257.0mm
Weight: 953g
Pages: 400
About the Author
Claudia Zeisberger, Singapore, is one of the best networked figures in the private capital space, combining her academic expertise with over 35 years of experience in financial markets. As an advisor and angel investor, she partners with boards and leadership teams to drive growth and scale startups. A professor at INSEAD, a top-ranked business school with campuses in Singapore, France, the US and the UAE, she is a global citizen, an award-winning author and a trusted advisor to corporations, institutional investors and governments. In her role as a "Professional Devil's Advocate," she frequently provides independent perspectives on investment and risk-related decisions.
Bowen White, Singapore, has spent his 20-year career in alternative investments, the last 6 years of which he led the quantitative and risk management function in Singapore at Partners Groupβa global private markets investment manager. He has deep functional expertise in multi-asset class private market risk and portfolio management and contributed to top-down investment strategy while with the firm. Prior to Partners Group, Bowen served as the Center Director of INSEAD's PE Center and started his career in the New York hedge fund industry in trading and business development roles.
Michael Prahl, Leipzig, Germany is Adjunct Professor of Entrepreneurship & Family Enterprise at INSEAD. An INSEAD alumnus, Michael served as the first Executive Director of the school's PE Center, with research interests in the areas of co-investment, family offices and market entry strategies and portfolio allocation for limited partners. Michael has been teaching the popular MBA Leveraged Buyout elective for over a decade and regularly participates as a lecturer in the Executive MBA program.
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