Private Equity Definition

adjective
Of or relating to equity investments in companies whose stock is held by a relatively small number of owners and is not publicly traded.
A private equity fund.
American Heritage
noun
Equity in a business that is raised from private sources, as opposed to shares that can be traded publicly.
Webster's New World

Private Equity Sentence Examples

  • Previously the company had been majority owned by private equity backers.

  • Interest rates are low, stock markets are rising and the total number of private equity receiverships fell in 2005.

  • Experience in M&A, MBO/MBI, IPOs, joint ventures, private equity and/or venture capital work is preferred.

  • That statement followed speculation in the weekend press that private equity firm Permira were about to make a bid for the company.

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