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> What sort of institutions would try to take on operating such a business?

Essentially anyone - other PE funds, competitors merging, the general stock market if you take it public. And they're not wrong want to buy it - there's a valuable business there - they're just bad at assessing the right price.

> And when does word get around, and the pool of suckers dry up?

One born every minute. And it's hard to even notice you're being taken for a ride as opposed to mismanaging the business you bought or just being unlucky.