Diversity

Buyouts presents Women in PE 2019, our fourth annual issue featuring 10 women making big strides in an industry traditionally dominated by men. We’ve brought back our popular mini-profiles of superstar women in the industry. Last year we got away from this format to provide an in-depth look into the #metoo movement and how it was […]

Minority-owned private equity firms hold just 3.4 percent of the industry’s assets under management, a recent study led by Harvard Business School Prof. Joshua Lerner shows. Just 1.5 percent of all PE firms are owned by women. While the industry shows signs of beginning to elevate women and minorities into the partnership ranks, “it’s improved off […]