This episode originally aired on July 21, 2025. From dog food to mattresses and from Chef Boyardee to wedding dresses, a new type of investment firm is making monthly headlines with how it acquires ...

Businesses can get a capital infusion via private equity and venture capital funding. Learn the differences between the two to choose the right option.

Private equity lets investors buy into non-public firms aiming for profit through strategic improvements. Investors need accreditation due to legal restrictions and high entry costs targeted at ...

President Donald Trump has signed an executive order that could remake the investment options for your 401 (k). The directive ...

Learn what equity participation is, its benefits for companies and investors, and real-world examples. Discover how equity ownership can align interests and drive growth.

Did PE firms make the world worse? Or was it something else? The Blackstone Group offices in New York, 2013. The 2010s were, among other things, the decade of private equity. A segment of the finance ...

In this series on portfolio basics, I’ll explain some of the fundamentals of putting together sound portfolios. I’ll start with some of the most widely used types of investments and walk through what ...

Asset managers selling private assets to everyday investors claim to have found investing’s holy grail: lower risk (or at least less volatility) and better returns. Is that true? The answer is mixed.

Today, class, we’re going to look at how the American oligarchy works in the person of Stephen Schwarzman, the thirty-third richest person in the world (net worth: $50 billion) and a man widely touted ...

Twelve million Americans work for companies owned by private equity firms. In a new book, the journalist Megan Greenwell traces the arrangement’s considerable human costs. By Jennifer Szalai When you ...

In 2019, when I was working what I have grudgingly come to accept may be one of the best jobs I’ll ever have, my employer, Gizmodo Media Group, was acquired by a private equity firm called Great Hill ...