private equity fund

American

[prahy-vit ek-wi-tee fuhnd] / ˈpraɪ vɪt ˈɛk wɪ ti ˌfʌnd /

noun

an investment partnership that invests directly in private companies, with a profit objective based on the long-term potential.

Etymology

Origin of private equity fund

First recorded in 1990–95

Example Sentences

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They include a note to Epstein's personal assistant Lesley Groff, inviting him to invest in a "China-focused private equity fund".

From BBC

When a software company starts showing stress, a private equity fund may cut costs or inject capital.

From Barron's

As part of the deal, the special stake will be transferred to a carved-out container liner business owned by Israeli private equity fund FIMI.

From Barron's

It also secured one million euros from the Swiss private equity fund Apres-Demain, led by pharmaceutical billionaire Thierry Mauvernay.

From Barron's

I’ve variably launched a private equity fund, tried to buy a Venezuelan gold company, launched a separate hedge fund called Milton’s Opus, got divorced, got blown up, never disclosed the derivatives trade, borrowed $8 billion, spent much of the last two years in Asia, accused everyone but me on Wall Street of being idiots, siphoned off the capital of the funds into my personal account, and more or less turned Scion into the next Amaranth.

From Literature

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