What is Private Equity

In layman terms, private equity is equity – meaning, that the shares represent ownership or interest in an entity which is not listed publicly. A big part of the private equity industry consists of institutional investors such as pension funds and large private equity firms such as Hess Group International…

History of Private Equity

What is considered private equity today? The truth of it, is that only after World War II private equity investments began to emerge. These investments were triggered by the founding of the first two capital firms in 1946: American Research and Development Corporation (ARDC) and J.H…