Is a private equity buyout always a trainwreck? Or are there any success stories where it turned out to be not so bad?

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For those of us not at the top I’m hard core in the “almost always a train wreck” camp.

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Trainwreck fow who?😂

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Always a Trainwreck. The way PE make money typically is to buy an entity and fire all the staff and close the legacy offices... "synergy". Get rid of all the over head, you know.

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