“People used to think that private equity was basically just a compensation scheme, but it is much more about making companies more efficient.” PeopleThinkingUsedCompanyEfficientSchemesEquityCompensationPrivate Equity Author:David Rubenstein
“It's clear to me when you do private equity well, you're making companies more efficient and helping them grow and become more profitable. That success means our investors - such as public pension funds - benefit, which contributes to the economic wealth of society.” WellsMeanHelpingGrowsWealthCompanyClearEconomicBenefitsFundInvestorsEfficientEquityProfitablePensionPrivate Equity Author:David Rubenstein
“A capitalist is someone who derives a substantial share of his income from his equity in producing companies. On this scale the figures are discouraging. Approximately ninety percent of the capital of this country is owned by five or less percent of the American people.” PeopleCountryWisdomPoliticsCompanyEconomyFiveShareFiguresPercentScalesIncomeLiberalismCapitalistEquityNinetyDiscouraging Author:William F. Buckley, Jr.
“Companies typically borrow money at less than their return on equity and therefore compound their return at the expense of lenders.” CompanyReturnExpensesEquityCompoundsLenders Author:Bill Gross
“We pretty much won't fund a company now where the founders don't have vested equity because it's just that hard to do.” HardCompanyTeamFundFoundersEquity Author:Sam Altman
“Barrels are very difficult to find. But when you have them, give them lots of equity. Promote them, take them to dinner every week, because they are virtually irreplaceable because they are also very culturally specific. So a barrel at one company may not be a barrel at another company. One of the ways, the definition of a barrel is, they can take an idea from conception and take it all the way to shipping and bring people with them.” PeopleWayGivingMayIdeasDifficultCompanyWeekDefinitionsDinnerConceptionEquityBarrelsCuzIrreplaceableShipping Author:Keith Rabois
“I'm amazed by the potential of more companies employing integrated philanthropic initiatives at earlier stages in their life cycle. What if this were done on an even more massive scale? Consider what would happen if a top-tier venture-capital firm required the companies in which it invested to place 1% of their equity into a foundation serving the communities in which they do business.” IfsDoneHappensCommunityBusinessCompanyStageFoundationScalesFirmCyclesWhat IfMassiveServingInitiativeVentureAmazedEquityIntegratedPhilanthropicEmployingVenture Capital Book:The Business of Changing the World: Twenty Great Leaders on Strategic Corporate Philanthropy Source: The Business of Changing the World: Twenty Great Leaders on Strategic Corporate Philanthropy