You know how when people prepare for restructuring they read Moyers and the HL RX case. What is the equivalent of this for private equity? Are there any core readings that help you really understand the industry at a deep level?
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Caesar's Palace: one of the biggest LBOs gone wrong
Predator's Ball: Mike Milken is the guy that helped create the LBO
Barbarians at the Gate: One of the biggest LBOs
I would also add the LexisNexis M&A Practical Guide.
This gives you a baseline familiarity with a ton of things that having a just a simple understanding of will help you in PE. It is a practical guide for a reason. It isn’t super dense reading but, from a knowledge perspective, this is one of the most useful books. This is especially true if you come from a sell-side role where you are almost guaranteed to have not done any meaningful work with what this book covers.
Are you talking about the M&A Practice Guide - the $400 textbook? Or is there a different version I'm missing
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I started reading Value Add, which is all about private equity turnarounds/operations. They have several PE case studies, I like the one on Burger King x 3G Capital: https://www.valueaddpe.com/private-equity-case-study-burger-king-3g-cap…
Your 1st priority shld be the resources that people have already linked, and then grind as many case studies as you can. After that, to supplement as a finisher, I suggest 'PE at work: When Wall St manages Main St'. It's an academic study of the avg value-add of PE, which I think is pretty slept on
Mastering Private Equity is also a great read.
Bumping, these are great suggestions so far
Private Capital Investing: The Handbook of Private Debt and Private Equity is another good one. I also read HBR’s Guide to Acquiring Small Businesses a while ago and found it to be semi-useful but would likely be better for someone in the lower middle market.
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