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New Report: Private Equity continues to outperform S&P 500 over long term horizons

Judge: “The benefits of private equity returns to the pensions, charitable foundations and university endowments are clear.  No other asset class provides the consistently superior returns of…

CommVault CEO: Private Equity is About Growth

In a blog post for Forbes, President and CEO of CommVault, N. Robert Hammer, replies to critics who criticize private equity for political gain. Having run companies funded by private equity, Hammer…

Everybody Knows Who We Work For

In an interview with Bloomberg TV, private equity pioneer and KKR co-founder and co-CEO George Roberts spoke about the private equity business model and the relationship each PE firm has with its…

KKR Stretches Its Dollar to Boost Industry’s Rep

ByMichael Wursthorn Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co.’s ownership of the discount retailer Dollar General Corp. has found another use besides being a buyout success for the firm. The…
Case Studies

Dollar General: Reenergizing a National Retailer

Headquartered in Goodlettsville, Tennessee, Dollar General is a national retailer that has been revived by private equity. The company’s growth and…

Private Equity Investment Grows Dollar General into one of the Nations Largest, Most Successful Retailers

Today the Private Equity at Work campaign released a new video case study today featuring national retailer Dollar General, now the nation’s largest small-box discount retailer by store count….

Private Equity Investment Grows Dollar General into one of the Nation’s Largest, Most Successful Retailers

Judge: “Dollar General is one of many examples of household names reenergized by private equity.” Often left out of the conversation surrounding the presidential election, private equity is…

Private Equity Reenergizes a National Retailer

Headquartered in Goodlettsville, Tennessee, Dollar General is a national retailer that has been revived by private equity. The company’s growth and profitability had slowed and in 2007, the…
Legislative Priorities

New Academic Analysis Finds Double Taxation on Partnership Businesses Reverses Trend Toward Tax Neutrality

Postlewaite: “The logic for the [tax increase] proposal is undercut by the evolution of the tax law over the last 30 years, which has embraced single-level taxation as the standard for business tax…