Private equity
Leveraged buyouts as an ownership model; the literature moved from deal drama in the 1980s to institutional critique after 2010.
9 books · 16 people behind it
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- Barbarians at the GateBryan Burrough, John Helyar, 1989
- King of CapitalDavid Carey, John E. Morris, 2010
- What It TakesStephen A. Schwarzman, 2019
The people behind it 16
Each person holds a book in this entry or names it in their own tags.
Investors 6
Stephen A. Schwarzman1 book here
David F. Swensennamed in their tags
Bruce Flattnamed in their tags
David M. Rubensteinnamed in their tags
Sam Zellnamed in their tagsWN
William N. Thorndike Jr.named in their tagsFounders 4
Stephen A. Schwarzman1 book hereMD
Michael Dell1 book hereDavid M. Rubensteinnamed in their tagsSam Zellnamed in their tagsExecutives 4
Stephen A. Schwarzman1 book hereBruce Flattnamed in their tagsDavid M. Rubensteinnamed in their tagsSam Zellnamed in their tagsJournalists 2
Books 9
Bryan Burrough, John Helyar · 1989 · RJR Nabisco; the defining account of the LBO era.
David Carey, John E. Morris · 2010 · Blackstone's rise and the industrialization of buyouts.
Eileen Appelbaum, Rosemary Batt · 2014 · The evidence-based labour and returns critique of the model.
Michael Dell · 2021 · Dell's founder on the buyout, the Icahn fight and VMware
Gretchen Morgenson, Joshua Rosner · 2023 · Case studies of extraction from acquired companies.
Josh Kosman · 2009 · Early warning on buyout leverage and refinancing walls.
Stephen A. Schwarzman · 2019 · Insider account by Blackstone's co-founder.
Sachin Khajuria · 2022 · A former partner on how the fee and carry machine works.
T3 Plunder
Brendan Ballou · 2023 · A federal prosecutor on the legal structures that enable the returns.