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 ...

CRAIN’S: What key trends have shaped the private equity landscape in 2025, and do you see them as being as significant in 2026? REDENTE: Dealmaking activity was down significantly in 2023 and 2024.

Looking to turn a quick profit, the firms buy medical facilities and then unload them just a few years later, often leaving ...

President Trump has signed an executive order that could pave the way for the use of private equity (PE) and alternative assets in retirement savings accounts. The change could impact the millions ...

Tell us about yourself and take us along your journey towards pursuing private equity at Chicago Booth. I’ve always had a passion for understanding how and why things work a certain way, but growing ...

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 ...

Firms should seek out opportunities to unload capital, drive portfolio growth and prove PE’s potential to their investors.

Investment firms are buying and bundling contractors, leaving some workers and customers worse off. By Lydia DePillis At 9 a.m. on a Tuesday in late October, as Nathan Hendricks drove to a cabinet ...

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 ...

The imminent closing of Crozer-Chester Medical Center and Taylor Hospital, following the 2022 shuttering of two other Crozer Health System hospitals, is a tragic loss for the Delaware County ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about the economics of AI. Private equity isn’t just experimenting with AI. From sourcing targets to assessing risks, the ...

Volesko, who is based in New York, says he has set up more than 80 South Dakota trusts for private-equity clients in various ...