Imagine being in your early 30s, starting a private equity fund and raising $450 million as your first fund.

All this with no prior track record and without your rich father or uncle.

Years later, you own 90 companies, have $152 billion in AUM, your EBITDA is growing at 15% year-over-year, and only Thoma Bravo has outperformed you…

True story, all the way from Switzerland…

1. "Stock and bonds are boring, so we went into private equity."

2. "The concept of thematic research helps us find the best companies with the strongest tailwinds (returns could 6-7 times invested capital)."

3. "Step-by-step on we they took a $38M EBITDA business to $110M in EBITDA in 4 years."

Here is my full research on a true king of private equity Mr. Urs Wietlisbach:

Show notes:

00:00:00 - Intro

00:01:05 - “Stock and bonds are boring, so we went into PE”

00:03:09 - When should one leave their job to start their business?00:04:10 - Being scammed by a crazy German $120,000 in the early days00:09:21 - Doing due diligence 582 days before the company is even for sale

00:14:03 - Better returns than Blackstone, Apollo, only Thoma Bravo have done better

00:15:24 - Thematic research allows them to find deals where they make 6-7 times their money

00:20:01 - CEOs are tied with shares and sometimes make triple-digit millions ($100m+ from a single investment)

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