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Apr 2024
1h 14m

Getting Real About Value Creation in PE

JIM MILBERY AND DEVIN MATHEWS
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"Value Creation" - It's one of the most over-used terms in private equity today. What does value creation mean? What's wrong with how investors talk about their value creation approach? And how does ParkerGale think about its strategy for value creation? Operating Partners Jim and Paul get real about the PG value creation playbook - and have some fun along the way - in the latest episode of the Funcast. 

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