Remove 2007 Remove High Net Worth Individuals Remove Leveraged Buyouts
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Transcript: Gretchen Morgenson

The Big Picture

In 2007, firms extracted — the private equity firms extracted $20 billion from companies in the form of dividend recapitalizations. Aren’t the big firms and the LBOs, the leveraged buyouts, very different than the middle market, smaller private equity firms that provide capital and equity to small companies.