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Mary Kathleen Flynn

Mary Kathleen (MK) Flynn joined PEI Media as Editor-in-Chief of PE Hub in 2021. She leads the content for the Hub and covers all things private equity-related, especially transactions, trends and dealmakers. She has covered private equity and M&A for 15 years. Most recently, she was the Editor-in-Chief of Mergers & Acquisitions, a role she served in for a decade. Previous positions include Senior Editor/Senior Video Producer, The Deal; broadcast Reporter at CNN and MSNBC; and Associate Editor at U.S. News & World Report and PC Magazine.
This week weโ€™re focused on women in private equity. Tuesday and Wednesday, PEI Group is hostingย  Women in Private Markets Summit: Northย America. The summit connects more than 500 senior leaders from every corner of private markets for two days of strategy, insight and peer-level discussion.
Three companies in the industrial sector that are currently in the market โ€“ and one thatโ€™s taking a pause in the sale processย  โ€“ according to sources; Trinity Hunt Partners has formed Elevation Landscape Group; Sunaina Sinha Haldea, global head, private capital advisory, Raymond James, to give keynote interview at PEI Groupโ€™s Women in Private Markets Summit: North America.
Focusing on an area thatโ€™s getting a lot of private equity interest lately: Music rights. PE Hub reporter Iris Dorbian has written about the subject in depth. Earlier this morning, we published her story about how Pophouse acquired Tina Turnerโ€™s catalog and legacy.
A thought leader Q&A with Don Cornwell, CEO of Dynasty Equity, which invests in the sports ecosystem, including sports-enabled operating businesses, franchises, leagues and adjacent assets; some advice for dealmakers coming on the heels of PEI Groupโ€™s Investor Relations Network New York Forum.
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Good morning, dealmakers. MK Flynn here, coming to you from New York, with PE Hubโ€™s US morning newsletter. As regular readers of PE Hub know, senior reporter Michael Schoeck is always on the lookout for private equity-backed companies heading to market. He shares info regularly with our readers that heโ€™s gleaned from conversations with confidential [โ€ฆ]
Previewing PEI Group's Investor Relations Network New York Forum; a Dealmakers to Watch profile of Chad Doerge, the new president and deputy CEO of music-focused PE firm Round Hill.
Gryphon Investorsย is in the early stages of reviewing a sale of Jensen Hughes, three sources said; teeing up PEI Groupโ€™s Investor Relations Network New York Forum next week.
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A Dealmakers to Watch profile of Terrence Murphy, a former wide receiver with the Green Bay Packers who unveiled Synergy Sports Capital this month and announced the firmโ€™s debut deal; plus, a couple of projects on tap for next week: a Deep Dive into Financial Services, and Women in PE: The Class of 2026.
Announcing the winners of PE Hubโ€™s Deal of the Year Awards for 2025, in which Blackstone, Carlyle and Hellman & Friedman took home the top honor for Medlineโ€™s $7.2bn IPO.
PE Hub reporter Rafael Canton has been covering the rise of PE-backed deals in sports extensively over the last few years. Today, we're featuring Rafaelโ€™s roundup of insights from sports investors who spoke atย  PEI Groupโ€™s NEXUS 2026, including Ian Charles and Josรฉ E. Feliciano. We're also highlighting previous interviews Rafael conducted with sports investors Mark Cuban and Marc Lasry.
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