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by Claudia Zeisberger (Author), Bowen White (Author), Michael Prahl (Author)
**50,000+ copies of the first edition sold**
**Mastering Private Equity - Second Edition: Navigating New Horizons in Private Markets**
Mastering Private Equity, the definitive guide to private equity (PE) since 2017, has been fully updated to reflect the current state of the industry, the latest market data, and the innovation reshaping the private capital industry.
Written for a professional audience, the Second Edition of Mastering Private Equity is a valuable and unique reference for investors, finance professionals, students, and business owners looking to engage with PE firms or invest in PE funds.
**What's New**
While preserving its core focus on education, the Second Edition highlights the latest industry developments, including:
- A more measured and resilient Venture Capital space, following steep repricing of risk in 2021 and 3x increase in downrounds in 22-23
- the rapid expansion of Private Debt, catalysed by a high-interest rate environment and the strategy's edge in a traditional fixed income portfolio
- Buy-and-Build Strategies, and PE investor's ability to create category leading businesses and grow platforms via acquisition
- PE Secondaries are de jour, as the market delivered liquidity in an inflationary and low exit environment
- the step-change in responsible and impact investing, from "interesting" in 2017 to "essential" in 2025
- the Democratization of Private Capital, introducing high-net-worth individuals to the asset class
Join the authors and two dozen senior industry contributors for a masterclass on the essentials of private equity and the trends driving the industry's sustained growth.
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THE DEFINITIVE GUIDE TO PRIVATE EQUITY & VENTURE CAPITAL
Mastering Private Equity 2.0 has been fully updated to reflect the current state of the industry, the latest market data and the innovations reshaping private markets. Written with a professional audience in mind, the Second Edition is a valuable and unique reference for investors, finance professionals, students and business owners looking to engage with PE firms or to invest in PE funds.
Join the authors and leading industry contributors for a deep dive into private markets and the trends driving the industry's sustained growth, including:
- The rise of Private Debt, accelerated by a high-interest-rate environment
- The Democratization of Private Capital, connecting high-net-worth individuals to the asset class
- The expansion of the Secondaries Market, unlocking liquidity for investors
PRAISE FOR MASTERING PRIVATE EQUITY
"Mastering Private Equity unveils the core principles of PE investing, offering professionals key insights to unlock the full potential of this powerful asset class."
--Kristin Skogen Lund Chair of the Board of Directors, INSEAD
"Mastering Private Equity is both an art and a science and a great way to understand how our industry really works. This classic text is now enriched with new dimensions of private capital, which is driving growth and innovation in many parts of our lives."
--Elias Korosis Global Partner, Federated Hermes Private Equity; Chairman, Invest Europe
"Claudia possesses deep knowledge and prescient insights. I highly recommend this book. It will serve as a fundamental resource for anyone involved in the VC and PE markets."
--Todd Ruppert Retired CEO, T. Rowe Price GIS; Retired Venture Partner, Greenspring Associates Board member, Antler
"Mastering Private Equity pulls back the shroud of mystery surrounding private equity - a succinct yet comprehensive source of information for the expert reader."
--Jim Leech C.M. Chancellor, Queens University; former CEO, Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan
FEATURING GUEST COMMENTS BY SENIOR PROFESSIONALS FROM:
Adams Street Partners - Apax Partners - Bridgepoint - The Carlyle Group - Castik Capital - The Chairman Group Coller Capital - Debevoise & Plimpton - EQT Private Capital Asia - Ford Foundation - Freshfields General Atlantic - Global Private Capital Association - Granite Asia - ILPA - KKR - Navis Capital Pantheon - Partners Capital - Partners Group - Permira - Sure Ventures - UBS - Zeev Ventures
Author Biography
Claudia Zeisberger, Singapore, is one of the best networked figures in the private capital space, combining her academic expertise with over 35 years of experience in financial markets. As an advisor and angel investor, she partners with boards and leadership teams to drive growth and scale startups. A professor at INSEAD, a top-ranked business school with campuses in Singapore, France, the US and the UAE, she is a global citizen, an award-winning author and a trusted advisor to corporations, institutional investors and governments. In her role as a "Professional Devil's Advocate," she frequently provides independent perspectives on investment and risk-related decisions.
Bowen White, Singapore, has spent his 20-year career in alternative investments, the last 6 years of which he led the quantitative and risk management function in Singapore at Partners Group--a global private markets investment manager. He has deep functional expertise in multi-asset class private market risk and portfolio management and contributed to top-down investment strategy while with the firm. Prior to Partners Group, Bowen served as the Center Director of INSEAD's PE Center and started his career in the New York hedge fund industry in trading and business development roles.
Michael Prahl, Leipzig, Germany is Adjunct Professor of Entrepreneurship & Family Enterprise at INSEAD. An INSEAD alumnus, Michael served as the first Executive Director of the school's PE Center, with research interests in the areas of co-investment, family offices and market entry strategies and portfolio allocation for limited partners. Michael has been teaching the popular MBA Leveraged Buyout elective for over a decade and regularly participates as a lecturer in the Executive MBA program.
