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There are now more than 32,500 PE backed companies out there. That’s 11% year on year growth, a trend that’s only accelerating. In the US the number of PE backed companies has ballooned from a mere 2,000 back in 2000 to more than 11,500 today. At the same time, the number of publicly traded companies in the US has fallen from about 8,000 to less than 4,000 in the last 30 years.
Private equity is eating the world, and the companies are being run by some of the best and brightest finance and operations leaders.
Yet despite companies staying privately held longer, most of the content on the internet is written for venture-backed, hyper-growth startups. That's not where most companies, and certainly not most executive, operate.
This newsletter is built for a different kind of leader: the private equity-backed CFO."
Our readers are budget owners and decision-makers. Many earn north of $300K per year, with some in the multi-million dollar comp tier. They don’t have time for vanity metrics or filler words.
If that sounds like you—or who you aspire to be—this newsletter will quickly become part of your operating rhythm.