Private equity in the 2020s

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In the 2020s private equity firms needed to respond to the COVID-19 recession. In the early 2020s private equity funding exploded. [1] Private equity firm Silver Lake was involved in the costly 2020 acquisition of Twitter by Elon Musk. [2] The World Economic Forum suggested private equity would fund the post-recession revival of the economy. [3]

Care Equity based in New York was founded, establishing a very tough strategy. [4]

1789 Capital, an American conservative venture capital firm, was established in 2022. [5]

References

  1. "McKinsey's Private Markets Annual Review | McKinsey". www.mckinsey.com. Retrieved 17 March 2023.
  2. Lunden, Ingrid (9 March 2020). "Silver Lake makes $1B investment into Twitter; Twitter, Elliott call truce as Dorsey remains CEO". TechCrunch. Retrieved 27 November 2022.
  3. "3 reasons why private equity will enable post-pandemic economy". World Economic Forum. 27 January 2022. Retrieved 27 November 2022.
  4. Göransson, Av Anders (31 January 2024). "Failed to read the fine print – lost his life's work". Life Science Sweden. Retrieved 2 January 2026.
  5. Ulmer, Alexandra; Roston, Aram (21 August 2024). "Tech donor network co-founded by JD Vance seeks to push America to the right". Reuters. Retrieved 10 July 2025.