William Blair’s Matthew Zimmer sees M&A uplift with pent-up PE portfolio companies to exit; Blackstone said to collect final bids for Sabre Industries
A Q&A with William Blair’s global head of investment banking Matthew Zimmer, who shares that there’s 30,000 or more PE-backed portfolio companies in need of an exit; an update on Blackstone taking final round bids for utility pole manufacturer Sabre Industries; takeaways from Deloitte’s 2026 divestiture survey.
15 January 2026•5 mins read
