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Off-duty: Thoma Bravo’s Holden Spaht on Ellie Mae, Waylon Jennings and the Bayou Bengals

Spaht shares with us his out-of-office passions and philanthropic interest, his advice to budding PE professionals, and his fantasy job as an ESPN host.

2 min read · 04 March 2022

VIDEO: HarbourView founder Sherrese Clarke Soares: 'An accidental entrepreneur'

In her chat with Buyouts, Clarke Soares discusses the process of starting her firm (during a pandemic, no less), what it's like for a Black woman to be in the rarefied world of private equity and how important it is for women to take the entrepreneurial path.

1 min read · 01 March 2022

Investors brace for indirect impact of Ukraine crisis on PE portfolios

MidEuropa Partners, Partners Group, European Investment Bank and others say valuations of underlying companies could be affected.

4 min read · 28 February 2022

Off-duty: IMB Partners’ Tarrus Richardson on Zumba, Deep House and dreaded synergies

Richardson shares with us his favorite books, music, vacation destination, career highs and lows and his fantasy job as a self-help guru.

2 min read · 25 February 2022

OMERS Private Equity veteran Jonathan Belair launches Lios Partners

Belair founded Lios Partners last year to make control and minority investments in North American mid-market companies operating across the food value chain.

2 min read · 17 February 2022

Force behind KKR’s LP relations group Suzanne Donohoe to leave firm

Donohoe, who joined the firm in 2009, moved out of the Client and Partner Group in late 2020 and into a new role as head of strategic growth.

2 min read · 16 February 2022

First-timer Crosspoint Capital loses senior leaders as it readies Fund II

For new managers, departures early in the life of the organization can be concerning to investors, especially those considering kicking in for a subsequent fund.

4 min read · 16 February 2022

Riverstone alumni launch one-stop shop for overworked PE back offices

Petra Funds arrives as the weight of back-office burdens is set to grow. Regulators are starting to roll out proposals aimed at making private markets more transparent and leveling the playing field.

4 min read · 15 February 2022

The 2022 PE Playbook: How to survive the long-haul covid economy

When will the long-awaited recession – the one economists have been warning about for years – finally arrive?

4 min read · 14 February 2022

KKR's Scott Nuttall: regulatory change "a positive" for large PE incumbents

“Our job,” Nutall said, “is to react to what the regulators talk to us about and so far we actually think it has been long-term helpful to our business.”

2 min read · 09 February 2022

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