Private Equity 4.0: Reinventing Value Creation

Professional Acknowledgments

The authors would like to acknowledge the contributions from Grant Murgatroyd and from Cyril Demaria. Grant contributed significantly and came up with the idea of the supporting cast which grew into a whole chapter of its own. He is now editor of Alt Assets’ Limited Partner Magazine. Cyril these days is Executive Director at the Chief Investment Office at UBS. His insights were most helpful in formalizing the content of the book. The authors also acknowledge the help and support from the private equity research department at Preqin.

Nothing would have been possible without the invaluable contributions from many industry luminaries. Most of them donated their time generously to discuss the industry and its inner workings, opening doors for further engagement of key industry players. Their deep insights and phenomenal intellect made essential contributions to the authors’ pursuit of the new paradigms of private equity. In particular, we would like to thank the following individuals, hoping not to have left too many contributors out:

Stephen Schwartzman - Blackstone, David Rubenstein - Carlyle Group, Conni Jonsson - EQT Partners AB, Dwight Poler - Bain Capital, Jon Moulton - Alchemy Partners, John Snow - Cerberus Capital Management, Peter Cornelius - AlpInvest, Rhoddy Swire - Pantheon Ventures, Martin Halusa - Apax Partners, Elly Livingstone - Pantheon Ventures, Stefan Fischer - TVM Capital, Angus Russell - Shire, Jeremy Coller - Coller Capital, John ...