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by JumpCrisscross 890 days ago
> Can anyone provide a single case of where a private equity majority owned business thrived, expanded, or at least maintained market share for at least three years?

Most PE-owned companies do well. Do a paper search for median employment N years afterwards [1], net indebtedness 5+ years post, et cetera.

The problem is outcomes are negatively correlated with transaction size, so the more noticeable a deal the more likely it goes wrong. (There are also a few pirates in suits who go shockingly unpunished. But judging the cohort by them would be like judging tech by Chamath.)

[1] https://bfi.uchicago.edu/working-paper/the-economic-effects-...