Four Things I Learned About Private Equity

I walked away from our 2022 OPEN MINDS Mergers, Acquisitions & Affiliations Summit with new insights on the role of private equity (PE) in the field. And for that, I'm grateful to our three keynote panelists—Eric Keen, General Partner for Council Capital, Matthew Pettit, Founding Partner of Seven Hills Capital, and C.J. Burnes, Partner at WindRose Health Investors—and the insights they shared in their session The Investor Perspective—The Trends & Future Of Investment In The Complex Consumer Market Space at the summit. So what are these insights?

The horizon for private equity investments is three . . .