Browsing: private equity
Now, at some point, we all have picked up a box of strawberries in the produce aisle—but, in some sense,…
Blackstone acquires Jersey Mike’s sandwich chain with plans to ‘accelerate its expansion’
Jersey Mike’s, the quickly expanding sandwich chain, is being acquired by the private equity firm Blackstone. The transaction is “intended…
Apollo CEO Mark Rown as Treasury Secretary could mean a boon for $24 trillion private equity market
President-elect Donald Trump is seriously considering Marc Rowan, the CEO of private equity giant Apollo Global Management, as his new…
The AI revolution is here but it’s still ‘pretty nascent’ and ‘a little clumsy’, private equity firm managing partner says
Despite AI’s enormous advancements since OpenAI launched its ubiquitous ChatGPT chatbot in 2022, the technology remains in its infancy. That’s…
The global asset management industry, now overseeing nearly $120 trillion, faces mounting pressures, including rising costs and growing investor preference…
NBA commissioner says women’s sports is booming because legacy media gatekeepers can’t ignore it anymore
The recent boom in women’s pro sports is, in part, attributable to the disintegration of legacy media companies, from traditional…
Klarna’s CEO embraced AI by telling OpenAI’s Sam Altman, “I want Klarna to be your favorite guinea pig”
Klarna CEO Sebastian Siemiatkowski knows we’re all obsessed with IPOs. When I ask about the IPO-shaped elephant-in-the-room, Siemiatkowski is clear…
Just over two years ago, Sam Bankman-Fried was still wandering the halls of Capitol Hill, doling out campaign donations and…
16th century Italians placed bets on who the next Pope would be, and election betting in the U.S. goes (at…
I’ve only been in the same room as Sequoia Capital’s Roelof Botha twice, but each time he’s struck me as…