What Do You Actually do in Private Equity? (Explaining Specific Tasks)

💡 Get the #1 Private Equity recruiting course, which comes with 3-statement LBO model tests, mega fund case studies, and headhunter coverage: https://bit.ly/PF-PrivateEquity 📚 Free recruiting resources: https://peakframeworks.com From a high level, private equity is simply just buying and selling companies. But most people don't understand the actual tasks you do on the job like building LBO models, preparing investment memos, and going through data rooms. In this video, we'll discuss the major functions in private equity and the most common tasks in those functions. 0:00 - Intro 0:35 - 1. Sourcing Investments 2:12 - 2. Performing Due Diligence 4:03 - 3. Negotiating Deals / Investing in Businesses 4:45 - 4. Managing Investments & Portfolio Companies Peak Frameworks is a business career prep service started by Matt Ting and Patrick Fong, who have each spent several years working in investment banking and private equity in New York and Silicon Valley. Matt and Patrick met at Evercore, a top tier investment bank, and over the years have tutored and coached dozens of candidates to land their dream business job. Matt Ting: https://www.linkedin.com/in/matthewting/ Patrick Fong (HBS 2021): https://www.linkedin.com/in/patrick-fong-0b773041/ #PrivateEquity #InvestmentBanking #Careers