From Black Gold to Silicon Brains

For over a century, oil companies reigned supreme. They built empires, shaped geopolitics, and defined capitalism. Oil wasn’t just a commodity—it was the bloodstream...

Blackstone just agreed to pay $590 million for Korean salon chain Juno Hair—at over 20x EBITDA. Oakley Capital acquired heritage British brand Smythson of Bond Street along with Italian luxury brands ...

Meta’s record-breaking $29 billion private credit deal for AI data centers isn’t just another financing story. It’s a signal that the entire infrastructure of artificial intelligence is being rebuilt—...

Private equity firms are sitting on $2.5 trillion in dry powder. That’s a staggering number that gets thrown around in every industry presentation.

But here’s what’s more interesting: where that capi...

Clemson University Foundation just announced it’s increasing its private equity allocation from 18% to 24%. The University of Utah tripled its PE allocation from 10% to 30%. AustralianSuper is adding ...

MHA just went public in a $98 million AIM listing—the first UK accounting firm to go public in over a decade. Meanwhile, Grant Thornton UK sold to Cinven, and H.I.G. Capital is eyeing an £800 million ...

Japan’s M&A market just hit $232 billion. Private equity firms are leading the charge, and the deals are getting bigger, bolder, and more strategic.

Bain Capital’s $5.5 billion acquisition of Seven &...

NIQ is going public. Jefferson Capital just raised $150 million in its Nasdaq IPO. Hg-backed Visma is targeting a €19 billion listing in London.

After years of IPO drought, the public markets are sho...

Nordic Capital just became the largest shareholder in Soltech Energy through a strategic solar deal. Ardian acquired 117 solar plants in Italy. Tikehau’s €1 billion continuation fund for Egis is speci...

Carlyle is eyeing a debt-for-equity handover of DAINESE to HPS Investment Partners and Arcmont Asset Management. The Italian motorcycle gear company, acquired in 2022 through a €285 million debt-finan...

Somewhere between the 3 feet from gold and the 6 feet under, there’s a space where real leadership happens.

It’s not glamorous.
It’s not talked about in TED Talks.
But it’s where most private equity-...

The Problem No One Talks About

Every PE-backed transformation starts with a plan.
Usually polished. Often templated. Always confident.

But let’s be honest—many of these plans are dead on arrival.
No...

The New CEO Mandate: Train the AI or Disappear

There was a time when being a CEO meant leading strategy, building culture, and representing the company to shareholders.

That time hasn’t passed. But ...

Everyone Has a Theory of Value Creation—But Few Know Where It Starts

In private equity, value creation gets a lot of airtime.
Frameworks. Operating playbooks. PMO checklists. Scorecards.

But most of...

The Comfort (and Danger) of Dry Powder

In today’s private equity circles, there’s no shortage of capital.
Global dry powder has crossed $2.5 trillion. And counting.

For many firms, this is worn like...