Private equity in the 2020s
| History of private equity and venture capital |
|---|
| Early history |
| (origins of modern private equity) |
| The 1980s |
| (leveraged buyout boom) |
| The 1990s |
| (leveraged buyout and the venture capital bubble) |
| The 2000s |
| (dot-com bubble to the credit crunch) |
| The 2010s |
| (expansion) |
| The 2020s |
| (COVID-19 recession) |
In the 2020s private equity firms needed to respond to the COVID-19 recession. In the early 2020s private equity funding exploded.[1] Private equity firm Silver Lake was involved in the costly 2020 acquisition of Twitter by Elon Musk.[2] The World Economic Forum suggested private equity would fund the post-recession revival of the economy.[3]
Care Equity based in New York was founded, establishing a very tough strategy.[4]
1789 Capital, an American conservative venture capital firm, was established in 2022.[5]
References
- ^ "McKinsey's Private Markets Annual Review | McKinsey". www.mckinsey.com. Retrieved 17 March 2023.
- ^ Lunden, Ingrid (9 March 2020). "Silver Lake makes $1B investment into Twitter; Twitter, Elliott call truce as Dorsey remains CEO". TechCrunch. Retrieved 27 November 2022.
- ^ "3 reasons why private equity will enable post-pandemic economy". World Economic Forum. 27 January 2022. Retrieved 27 November 2022.
- ^ Göransson, Av Anders (31 January 2024). "Failed to read the fine print – lost his life's work". Life Science Sweden. Retrieved 2 January 2026.
- ^ Ulmer, Alexandra; Roston, Aram (21 August 2024). "Tech donor network co-founded by JD Vance seeks to push America to the right". Reuters. Retrieved 10 July 2025.