Our Founder and CEO Andrew Weinberg joins Alex Rawlings of Raw Selection on The Private Equity Podcast to talk about where middle-market investing is headed.
More than $100 trillion is expected to change hands in the U.S. over the next 25 years, and a majority of middle-market businesses don’t have a succession plan. What does that mean for family-owned companies, and for the private equity firms that partner with them?
- Succession and ownership options. How families and founders can combine capital, debt and operational know-how to create flexibility around ownership, leadership and liquidity.
- Exit strategy from day one. Why the most common mistake PE firms make is waiting too long to plan the exit.
- Culture and career lessons. What a “PhD culture” means at Brightstar, plus lessons from Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley and Lindsay Goldberg, and the two books that shaped his thinking.
- A look at applying AI inside Brightstar. How the firm is using AI as a thought partner across the investment process, without outsourcing its judgment.