79 Best Private Equity Books of All Time

We've ranked the best private equity books using expert recommendations, sales data, and millions of reader ratings. At Shortform, we know books. Our book guides are the best in the world. Learn why.

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Think and Grow Rich

Napoleon Hill

5.0
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One of the most popular personal development and self-improvement books of all time, Think and Grow Rich has sold over 100 million copies worldwide since its first publication during the Great Depression. In this hardcover edition, Napoleon Hill presents a "Philosophy of Achievement" in 13 principles drawn from the success stories of such greats as Andrew Carnegie, Henry Ford, Thomas Edison, and o
Tony Robbins portraitDaymond John portraitJohn C. Maxwell portrait Recommended by Tony Robbins, Daymond John, John C. Maxwell, and 23 others.
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Daymond John

Founder/FUBU

The main takeaway from this book was goal-setting. It was the fact that if you don't set a specific goal, then how can you expect to hit it? [source]

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Adam Haritan

For anyone interested in my career path, I’d recommend books in various genres. On a real practical level, I’d certainly recommend reading any and all plant/mushroom/tree/ecology/nature books you can acquire. It’s even more helpful to read the books that pertain specifically to your ecosystem and bioregion. Additionally, I’d also recommend reading a plethora of business and marketing books — both old and new alike. Think And Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill, Crush It! by Gary Vaynerchuk, Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion by Robert Cialdini, and anything by Seth Godin would be my top recommendations. And of course, every book I mentioned in the previous answers are strongly recommended as well. [source]

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Alan Pierce

This book dramatically changed the way I structured my day to day life. Based on over two decades of personal interviews and studies of some of history's’ greatest minds, the author distills the lessons he learned and details how you can train and condition your mind through daily habit to master your actions. The way it promotes a disciplined and holistic approach of continual self-improvement, goal setting and strategic decision making really resonated with me. [source]

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King of Capital: The Remarkable Rise, Fall, and Rise Again of Steve Schwarzman and Blackstone

David Carey, John E. Morris

4.9
Strippers and Flippers . . . or a New Positive Force Helping to Drive the Economy . . .

The untold story of Steve Schwarzman and Blackstone, the financier and his financial powerhouse that avoided the self-destructive tendencies of Wall Street. David Carey and John Morris show how Blackstone (and other private equity firms) transformed themselves from gamblers, hostile-takeover artists, and ‘barb
Bogdan Iordache portrait Recommended by Bogdan Iordache.
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What It Takes: Lessons in the Pursuit of Excellence

Stephen A. Schwarzman

4.9
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

From Blackstone chairman, CEO, and co-founder Stephen A. Schwarzman, a long-awaited book that uses impactful episodes from Schwarzman's life to show readers how to build, transform, and lead thriving organizations. Whether you are a student, entrepreneur, philanthropist, executive, or simply someone looking for ways to maximize your potential, the same lessons apply.

People
Eric Schmidt portraitNorman Ornstein portrait Recommended by Eric Schmidt and Norman Ornstein.
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Eric Schmidt

CEO/Google

Reveals how the author has achieved the rarest kind of leverage in multiple fields. [source]

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Norman Ornstein

What it Takes remains the best book written about American politics and politicians. i reread every few years. Want to know about Biden? Read it! https://t.co/ZlLwbRqADa [source]

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Barbarians at the Gate: The Fall of RJR Nabisco

Bryan Burrough

4.9
Preview Summary
“One of the finest, most compelling accounts of what happened to corporate America and Wall Street in the 1980’s.”
—New York Times Book Review



A #1 New York Times bestseller and arguably the best business narrative ever written, Barbarians at the Gate is the classic account of the fall of RJR Nabisco. An enduring masterpiece of investigative journalism by Bryan Burrough and John Helyar, it includes
Bill Liao portraitBogdan Iordache portraitDavid Rothschild portrait Recommended by Bill Liao, Bogdan Iordache, David Rothschild, and 2 others.
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Bill Liao

The human world occurs in language so best get good at it! [source]

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Bogdan Iordache

There are quite a few good business books on technology, and I'll list below some I find to be a good starting point. Personally, I like biographies a lot and I mostly read biographies of dead people, because those are the most honest ones. So because the computer age is still very young, there won't be a lot of biographies in my list. [source]

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Scott Kupor

@JPHampstead @TimParksauthor Barbarians is a great book. Hope you enjoy mine! [source]

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High Growth Handbook

Elad Gil

4.8
Well-known technology executive and angel investor Elad Gil has worked with high growth tech companies like Airbnb, Twitter, Google, Instacart, Coinbase, Stripe, and Square as they've grown from small companies into global brands. Across all of these break-out companies, a set of common patterns has evolved into a repeatable playbook that Gil has codified in High Growth Handbook.

Covering key topi
Brian Armstrong portraitAlok Kejriwal portraitJoe Martin portrait Recommended by Brian Armstrong, Alok Kejriwal, and Joe Martin.
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Alok Kejriwal

Will I work with me? In the book High Growth Handbook, a paragraph was stunning : “Founders should write a guide to working with them. It would be to clarify the founder’s role: “What do I want to be involved in?” Check pic note WHY this is a great idea.. https://t.co/xzdv8cuR4D [source]

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The Money Game

Adam Smith

4.8
"This is a modern classic." —Paul A. Samuelson, First American Nobel Prize Winner in Economics

"The best book there is about the stock market and all that goes with it." —The New York Times Book Review

"Anyone whose orientation is toward where the action is, where the happenings happen, should buy a copy of The Money Game and read it with due diligence." —Book World

" 'Adam Smith' is a veteran obs
Brendan Moynihan portraitJohn Lanchester portrait Recommended by Brendan Moynihan and John Lanchester.
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Brendan Moynihan

The first book I read on the markets. [source]

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John Lanchester

Adam Smith is a pseudonym – he was an extremely successful professional investor called George Goodman, who also wrote a newspaper column. This is a real insider’s account of the way that the money markets and trading works. [source]

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Investment Banking: Valuation, Leveraged Buyouts, and Mergers & Acquisitions

Joshua Rosenbaum

4.7
In the constantly evolving world of finance, a solid technical foundation is an essential tool for success. Due to the fast-paced nature of this world, however, no one has been able to take the time to properly codify the lifeblood of the corporate financier's work--namely, valuation. Rosenbaum and Pearl have responded to this need by writing the book that they wish had existed when they were tryi
Raising Private Capital: Building Your Real Estate Empire Using Other People's Money book cover8

Raising Private Capital: Building Your Real Estate Empire Using Other People's Money

Matt Faircloth

4.7
This book is intended to be a roadmap for real estate investors who are looking to raise their game by injecting more private capital into their business. In the word of real estate, there is more than one way to obtain the money you need: Traditional lending may work for some investors, but going to a bank is simply not an option. Matt will provide the step by step process to acquiring, securing
Advanced Techniques in Day Trading: A Practical Guide to High Probability Strategies and Methods book cover9

Advanced Techniques in Day Trading: A Practical Guide to High Probability Strategies and Methods

Andrew Aziz

4.7
This well-thought-out training regimen begins with an in-depth look at the necessary tools of the trade including your scanner, software and platform; and then moves to practical advice on subjects such as how to find the right stocks to trade, how to define support and resistance levels, and how to best manage your trades in the stress of the moment. An extensive review of proven trading strategi
Investing in Real Estate Private Equity: An Insider’s Guide to Real Estate Partnerships, Funds, Joint Ventures & Crowdfunding book cover10

Investing in Real Estate Private Equity: An Insider’s Guide to Real Estate Partnerships, Funds, Joint Ventures & Crowdfunding

Sean Cook

4.7
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The Only Investment Guide You'll Ever Need

Andrew Tobias

4.7
“The Only Investment Guide You'll Ever Need . . . actually lives up to its name.” — Los Angeles Times

“So full of tips and angles that only a booby or a billionaire could not benefit.” — New York Times

For nearly forty years, The Only Investment Guide You'll Ever Need has been a favorite finance guide, earning the allegiance of more than a million readers across America. This completely updated ed
Mark Cuban portraitJeffrey Snover portrait Recommended by Mark Cuban and Jeffrey Snover.
The Book on Negotiating Real Estate: Expert Strategies for Getting the Best Deals When Buying & Selling Investment Property book cover12

The Book on Negotiating Real Estate: Expert Strategies for Getting the Best Deals When Buying & Selling Investment Property

J Scott

4.7
Chris Mobbs portrait Recommended by Chris Mobbs.
Private Equity Investing in Direct Selling: Identifying Risks & Rewards book cover13

Private Equity Investing in Direct Selling: Identifying Risks & Rewards

Brett A Blake

4.7
Valuation: Measuring and Managing the Value of Companies book cover14

Valuation: Measuring and Managing the Value of Companies

McKinsey & Company Inc., Tim Koller, Marc Goedhart, David Wessels

4.7
Hailed by financial professionals worldwide as the single best guide of its kind, Valuation, Fourth Edition is thoroughly revised and expanded to reflect business conditions in today's volatile global economy. Valuation provides up-to-date insights and practical advice on how to create, manage, and measure an organization's value. Along with all-new case studies that illustrate how valuation techn
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Options as a Strategic Investment

Lawrence G. McMillan

4.7
The market in listed options and non-equity option products provides investors and traders with a wealth of new, strategic opportunities for managing their investments. This updated and revised Fifth Edition of the bestselling Options as a Strategic Investment gives you the latest market-tested tools for improving the earnings potential of your portfolio while reducing downside risk—no matter how
Investment Banking + Dg, 2nd Edition, University Edition book cover16

Investment Banking + Dg, 2nd Edition, University Edition

Joshua Pearl and Joshua Rosenbaum

4.7
World-class valuation and transaction models to complement the global best-selling guide to investment banking

Five valuation models templates along with completed versions are accessible for purchase and use--downloadable in electronic format on the book's website, www.wiley.com/go/investmentbanking2e. Each model comes complete with a user's guide.

The models includeComparable Companies AnalysisPre
Fiasco: The Inside Story of a Wall Street Trader book cover17

Fiasco: The Inside Story of a Wall Street Trader

Frank Partnoy

4.7
"Fiasco" is the shocking story of one man's education in the jungles of Wall Street. As a young derivatives salesman at Morgan Stanley, Frank Partnoy learned to buy and sell billions of dollars worth of securities that were so complex many traders themselves didn't understand them. In his behind-the-scenes look at the trading floor and the offices of one of the world's top investment firms, Partno
Charles T. Munger portrait Recommended by Charles T. Munger.
The Disciplined Trader: Developing Winning Attitudes book cover18

The Disciplined Trader: Developing Winning Attitudes

Mark Douglas

4.7
The classic book that introduced the investment industry to the concept of trading psychology.

With rare insight based on his firsthand commodity trading experience, author Mark Douglas demonstrates how the mental matters that allow us function effectively in society are often psychological barriers in trading. After examining how we develop losing attitudes, this book prepares you for a thorough "
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Private Equity Defined: Venture, Growth, and Buyouts

Claudia Zeisberger

4.7
The definitive guide to private equity for investors, finance professionals managers and business owners.Private Equity Defined: Venture, Growth and Buyouts presents a unique handbook and valuable on-demand tool for investors, (finance) professionals, managers and business owners looking to engage with private equity or venture funds.

The book systematically distills the essence of private equity a
Financial Modeling and Valuation: A Practical Guide to Investment Banking and Private Equity book cover20

Financial Modeling and Valuation: A Practical Guide to Investment Banking and Private Equity

Paul Pignataro

4.7
Written by the Founder and CEO of the prestigious New York School of Finance, this book schools you in the fundamental tools for accurately assessing the soundness of a stock investment. Built around a full-length case study of Wal-Mart, it shows you how to perform an in-depth analysis of that company's financial standing, walking you through all the steps of developing a sophisticated financial m
Day Trading: A Beginner's Guide on How to Trade, Living in the Market and Make Money with Day Trading Investing in Stocks, Forex, and Options with the Best Futures and Strategies for a Trader in 2019 book cover21

Day Trading: A Beginner's Guide on How to Trade, Living in the Market and Make Money with Day Trading Investing in Stocks, Forex, and Options with the Best Futures and Strategies for a Trader in 2019

Henry Hill

4.7
What is Day Trading? Are you a beginner and have no clue about day trading? Do you want to become rich? Read On..

The truth is.. Broadly defined as buying and selling the same security in a single day. Armed with a large amount of data, and an even larger bankroll, the best day traders take advantage of high amounts of leverage as well as strategies for success that come to fruition in the short t
La escuela de negocios: Para personas que gustan de ayudar a los demás / The Business School for People Who Like Helping People book cover22

La escuela de negocios: Para personas que gustan de ayudar a los demás / The Business School for People Who Like Helping People

Robert T. Kiyosaki

4.7
This book was my introduction to Robert Kiyosaki and one that I've read several times over. Here's why: Robert Kiyosaki doesn't say he's never been INVOLVED with networking, he has. What he says is he didn't make his fortune from network marketing. There's a big difference. Remember that when reading other reviews. Robert explains to the reader how his opinion of networking changed (pg. 24) when,
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The Masters of Private Equity and Venture Capital: Management Lessons from the Pioneers of Private Investing

Robert Finkel

4.7
Ten Leading private investors share their secrets to maximum profitability

In The Masters of Private Equity and Venture Capital, the pioneers of the industry share the investing and management wisdom they have gained by investing in and transforming their portfolio companies.

Based on original interviews conducted by the authors, this book is filled with colorful stories on the subjects that most ma
Lessons from Private Equity Any Company Can Use (Memo to the CEO) book cover24

Lessons from Private Equity Any Company Can Use (Memo to the CEO)

Orit Gadiesh

4.7
Deep Value: Why Activist Investors and Other Contrarians Battle for Control of Losing Corporations (Wiley Finance) book cover25

Deep Value: Why Activist Investors and Other Contrarians Battle for Control of Losing Corporations (Wiley Finance)

Tobias E. Carlisl

4.6
The economic climate is ripe for another golden age of shareholder activism

Deep Value: How Shareholder Activist Hedge Funds Battle for Control of The World's Leading Corporations is a must-read exploration of deep value investment strategy, describing the evolution of the theories of valuation and shareholder activism from Graham to Icahn and beyond. The book combines engaging anecdotes with indus

Merchants of Debt: KKR and the Mortgaging of American Business book cover26

Merchants of Debt: KKR and the Mortgaging of American Business

George Anders

4.6
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The Messy Marketplace: Selling Your Business in a World of Imperfect Buyers

Brent Beshore

4.6
The marketplace for small and midsize businesses is messy. Having peeked behind the curtain at over 10,000 companies, this book aims to demystify the buyers, the process, and the inevitably emotional journey that is selling a company.

Read it. Reference it. Share it.

Think about what outcomes are important to you and why. Here's a cheat sheet:


I want between $ and $ of cash as a financial result. (Yo
The Predators' Ball: The Inside Story of Drexel Burnham and the Rise of the Junk Bond Raiders book cover28

The Predators' Ball: The Inside Story of Drexel Burnham and the Rise of the Junk Bond Raiders

Connie Bruck

4.6
During the 1980s, Michael Milken at Drexel Burnham Lambert was the Billionaire Junk Bond King. He invented such things as "the highly confident letter" (I'm highly confident that I can raise the money you need to buy company X) and "the blind pool" (Here's a billion dollars: let us help you buy a company), and he financed the biggest corporate raiders--men like Carl Icahn and Ronald Perelman.

And t
Fooling Some of the People All of the Time, a Long Short (and Now Complete) Story, Updated with New Epilogue book cover29

Fooling Some of the People All of the Time, a Long Short (and Now Complete) Story, Updated with New Epilogue

David Einhorn

4.6
A revealing look at Wall Street, the financial media, and financial regulators by David Einhorn, the President of Greenlight CapitalCould 2008's credit crisis have been minimized or even avoided? In 2002, David Einhorn-one of the country's top investors-was asked at a charity investment conference to share his best investment advice. Short sell Allied Capital. At the time, Allied was a leader in t
The 16 % Solution, Revised Edition: How to Get High Interest Rates in a Low-Interest World with Tax Lien Certificates book cover30

The 16 % Solution, Revised Edition: How to Get High Interest Rates in a Low-Interest World with Tax Lien Certificates

Joel S. Moskowitz

4.6
Low interest rates can mean high interest from readers.

Dealing with unpaid taxes? Looking for investment opportunities?

With home foreclosures at an all-time high and the erratic stock market damaging 401(k) accounts, people are looking for innovative ways to invest their money and improve their financial situation through different investment vehicles.

Moskowitz explains what tax lien certificates
The Wyckoff Methodology in Depth: How to trade financial markets logically book cover31

The Wyckoff Methodology in Depth: How to trade financial markets logically

Rubén Villahermosa

4.6
Leveraged Buyouts, + Website: A Practical Guide to Investment Banking and Private Equity book cover32

Leveraged Buyouts, + Website: A Practical Guide to Investment Banking and Private Equity

Paul Pignataro

4.6
A comprehensive look at the world of leveraged buyouts The private equity industry has grown dramatically over the past twenty years. Such investing requires a strong technical know-how in order to turn private investments into successful enterprises. That is why Paul Pignataro has created Leveraged Buyouts + Website: A Practical Guide to Investment Banking and Private Equity.

Engaging and informat
Bullshit Jobs: A Theory book cover33

Bullshit Jobs: A Theory

David Graeber

4.6
Preview Summary
From bestselling writer David Graeber, a powerful argument against the rise of meaningless, unfulfilling jobs, and their consequences.

Does your job make a meaningful contribution to the world? In the spring of 2013, David Graeber asked this question in a playful, provocative essay titled “On the Phenomenon of Bullshit Jobs.” It went viral. After a million online views in seventeen different langua
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly of Private Equity: Success and Failure in Buyout Land book cover34

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly of Private Equity: Success and Failure in Buyout Land

Sebastien Canderle

4.6
Financial risk is a frequently observed and reported structural issue in leveraged buyouts. Other risks are equally prevalent but behavioural or institutional by nature. Factors like irrational decision-making, market manipulation and the lack of proper regulatory oversight are prominent indicators behind private equity’s most troubling side effects. Drawing on a wide range of case histories and r
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Value Trap: Theory of Universal Valuation

Brian M Nelson

4.6
Award-winning book that recently earned acclaim from the prestigious Next Generation Indie Book Awards! Blue Ink Review Notable Book and Readers' Favorite 5 Stars! Wall Street doesn't know it has a problem. Index and quantitative investors have been free-riding on the backs of active managers for years, but growth in price-agnostic trading may finally have reached the tipping point. Brian Nelson,
Gods at War: Shotgun Takeovers, Government by Deal, and the Private Equity Implosion book cover36

Gods at War: Shotgun Takeovers, Government by Deal, and the Private Equity Implosion

Steven M. Davidoff

4.6
An engaging exploration of modern-day deals and deal-makingGods at War details the recent deals and events that have forever changed the world of billion-dollar deal-making. This book is a whirlwind tour of the players determining the destiny of corporate America, including the government, private equity, strategic buyers, hedge funds, and sovereign wealth funds.

It not only examines many of the ga
The Future for Investors: Why the Tried and the True Triumph Over the Bold and the New book cover37

The Future for Investors: Why the Tried and the True Triumph Over the Bold and the New

Jeremy J. Siegel

4.6
The new paradigm for investing and building wealth in the twenty-first century. The Future for Investors reveals new strategies that take advantage of the dramatic changes and opportunities that will appear in world markets.

Jeremy Siegel, one of the world's top investing experts, has taken a long, hard, and in-depth look at the market and the stocks that investors should acquire to build long-term
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Venture Capital, Private Equity, and the Financing of Entrepreneurship

Josh Lerner, Ann Leamon, Felda Hardymon

4.6
Venture Capital, Private Equity, and the Financing of Entrepreneurship explores the exciting world of active investing and lays out in a clear and readily accessible way their key features, ways of doing business and likely evolution. The book follows the cycle of active investing. Raising funds, considering transactions, structuring and overseeing transactions, and exiting investments are conside
Agile M&A: Proven Techniques to Close Deals Faster and Maximize Value book cover39

Agile M&A: Proven Techniques to Close Deals Faster and Maximize Value

Kison Patel

4.6
Venture Capital and Private Equity: A Casebook book cover40

Venture Capital and Private Equity: A Casebook

Josh Lerner, Felda Hardymon, Ann Leamon

4.6
Over the past twenty years, the private equity industry has undergone tremendous growth and sweeping changes. With the growth of private equity investing, it is imperative that financial professionals fully understand this complex subject. The cases and notes in this updated edition are designed to provide you with a better understanding of the history of the private equity industry's development
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$950 Million in 40 Minutes

Meshulam Riklis

4.6
What makes a world-class financial genius tick?

Enter the mind of a financial mastermind who started from scratch to build a worldwide business empire. Meshulam Riklis invites you on this amazing roller coaster ride to meteoric heights, providing valuable tips for life, for success, and for survival.
A billionaire shares his secrets

In his story, Riklis shares with you the business techniques that he
Billion Dollar Lessons: What You Can Learn from the Most Inexcusable Business Failures of the Last 25 Years book cover42

Billion Dollar Lessons: What You Can Learn from the Most Inexcusable Business Failures of the Last 25 Years

Paul B. Carroll, Chunka Mui

4.6
How to avoid the mistakes that lead to the majority of business failures.

Most executives shudder at the word “failure” and try to avoid thinking about it. No wonder there are thousands of books about successful companies but virtually none about the lessons to be learned from those that crash and burn.

Paul Carroll and Chunka Mui think there’s enormous value in learning from companies that lost m
Ryan Holiday portrait Recommended by Ryan Holiday.
Private Equity: Opportunities and Risks (Financial Markets and Investments) book cover43

Private Equity: Opportunities and Risks (Financial Markets and Investments)

H. Kent Baker, Greg Filbeck, et al

4.6
The Smartest Investment Book You'll Ever Read: The Proven Way to Beat the "Pros" and Take Control of Your Financial Future book cover44

The Smartest Investment Book You'll Ever Read: The Proven Way to Beat the "Pros" and Take Control of Your Financial Future

Daniel R. Solin

4.6
What Are You Waiting For?

This book will change the way you think about investing-and the results will prove it!

"This is the simple hands-on, how-to and why book many readers have been looking for."
-Scott Burns, syndicated columnist

Daniel Solin cuts through the financial hype to show you exactly how to invest-with an easy-to-follow four-step plan that lets you create and monitor your investme
Investment Banking for Dummies book cover45

Investment Banking for Dummies

Matthew Krantz and Robert Johnson

4.6
"Investment Banking For Dummies" tracks to typical university courses on the subject and helps business students understand the fundamentals of investment banking. Topics include: Strategies for risk management, such as market, credit, operating, reputation, legal, and funding riskKey investment banking operations including: venture capital and buyouts, Merger & Acquisitions services, equity under
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Structuring Venture Capital, Private Equity and Entrepreneurial Transactions: 2018 Edition

Jack S. Levin and Donald E. Rocap

4.5
The cornerstone resource from two of the industry's leading authorities is now available with analysis of e xtensive changes resulting from the Tax Act and Proposed Regulations including


Code Section 199A - Reduces the tax rate for certain qualified owners of flow through business entities Reduction of the corporate income tax rate to 21% Imposition of greater than 4 year holding period for carrie
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Corporate Finance for Dummies

Michael Taillard

4.5
Score your highest in corporate finance The math, formulas, and problems associated with corporate finance can be daunting to the uninitiated. Corporate Finance For Dummies introduces you to the practices of determining an operating budget, calculating future cash flow, and scenario analysis in a friendly, un-intimidating way that makes comprehension easy.

Corporate Finance For Dummies covers every
Private Equity as an Asset Class book cover48

Private Equity as an Asset Class

Guy Fraser-Sampson

4.5
Guy Fraser-Sampson draws upon twenty years' private equity experience to provide a practical guide to mastering the intricacies of this highly specialist asset class. Aimed equally at investors, professionals and business school students, it starts with such fundamental questions as "what is private equity?" and progresses to detailed analysis of venture and buyout returns. It also unveils a total
The New Tycoons: Inside the Trillion Dollar Private Equity Industry That Owns Everything (Bloomberg) book cover49

The New Tycoons: Inside the Trillion Dollar Private Equity Industry That Owns Everything (Bloomberg)

Jason Kelly

4.5
Inside the Trillion Dollar Industry That Owns Everything

What do Dunkin' Donuts, J. Crew, Toys "R" Us, and Burger King have in common? They are all currently or just recently were owned, operated, and controlled by private equity firms. "The New Tycoons: Inside the Trillion Dollar Private Equity Industry That Owns Everything" takes the reader behind the scenes of these firms: their famous billionai
The Paper LBO: Proven Methods for Acing the Private Equity Interview book cover50

The Paper LBO: Proven Methods for Acing the Private Equity Interview

Adam L McGowan

4.5
Inside Private Equity: The Professional Investor's Handbook book cover51

Inside Private Equity: The Professional Investor's Handbook

James M. Kocis

4.5
Inside Private Equity explores the complexities of this asset class and introduces new methodologies that connect investment returns with wealth creation. By providing straightforward examples, it demystifies traditional measures like the IRR and challenges many of the common assumptions about this asset class. Readers take away a set of practical measures that empower them to better manage their
The Wall Street Journal. Complete Personal Finance Guidebook book cover52

The Wall Street Journal. Complete Personal Finance Guidebook

Jeff D. Opdyke

4.5
From America's most authoritative source: the quintessential primer on understanding and managing your money

Money courses through just about every corner of our lives and has an impact on the way we live today and how we'll be able to live in the future. Understanding your money, and getting it to work for you, has never been more important than it is today, as more and more of us are called upon
Inside Secrets to Angel Investing: Step-By-Step Strategies to Leverage Private Equity Investment for Passive Wealth Creation book cover53

Inside Secrets to Angel Investing: Step-By-Step Strategies to Leverage Private Equity Investment for Passive Wealth Creation

Karen Rands

4.5
This book will give you the Inside Secrets of how the rich get richer by investing in entrepreneurs, funding innovation, and generating job growth.

Everything we know about investing in private companies, owning a part of multiple companies without operating them, has changed.

Never before has there been a better time to invest in private companies to help bring innovation to the market, create jobs
Applied Value Investing: The Practical Application of Benjamin Graham and Warren Buffett's Valuation Principles to Acquisitions, Catastrophe Pricing and Business Execution book cover54

Applied Value Investing: The Practical Application of Benjamin Graham and Warren Buffett's Valuation Principles to Acquisitions, Catastrophe Pricing and Business Execution

Joseph Calandro Jr.

4.5
Since Benjamin Graham fathered value investing in the 1930s, the method of analysis has spawned a large number of highly successful investors, such as Graham's own former student and employee, Warren Buffett, who is regarded as one of the most successful investors of modern times.

Over the years, numerous books have been published on Benjamin Graham's approach. Most of these books present different
The Charles Schwab Guide to Finances After Fifty: Answers to Your Most Important Money Questions book cover55

The Charles Schwab Guide to Finances After Fifty: Answers to Your Most Important Money Questions

Carrie Schwab-Pomerantz

4.5
Here at last are the hard-to-find answers to the dizzying array of financial questions plaguing those who are age fifty and older.

The financial world is more complex than ever, and people are struggling to make sense of it all. If you’re like most people moving into the phase of life where protecting—as well as growing-- assets is paramount, you’re faced with a number of financial puzzles. Maybe y
The Wall Street MBA: Your Personal Crash Course in Corporate Finance book cover56

The Wall Street MBA: Your Personal Crash Course in Corporate Finance

Reuben Advani

4.5
Mastering corporate finance is a lot easier than you think.
Business school textbooks are notoriously dry, static, and filled with confusing acronyms. The Wall Street MBA takes a different approach by presenting a succinct "crash course," breaking down the main concepts of MBA finance and accounting programs to provide the information and insight you need to:
-Review financial statements-Analyze
Vault Private Equity Career Guide book cover57

Vault Private Equity Career Guide

Mike Martinez

4.5
Careers at private equity firms (which raise funds to invest in private companies) are considered plum jobs in the finance world because of the intellectual challenge and potentially huge financial payoffs. Although private equity is a relatively young business, now there are more than 2,700 such companies worldwide. In this new Guide, Vault guide brings the scoop on the industry.
Foundations of Real Estate Financial Modelling book cover58

Foundations of Real Estate Financial Modelling

Roger Staiger

4.5
Foundations of Real Estate Financial Modelling is specifically designed to provide an overview of pro forma modelling for real estate projects. The book introduces students and professionals to the basics of real estate finance theory before providing a step-by-step guide for financial model construction using Excel. The idea that real estate is an asset with unique characteristics which can be tr
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Investment Banks, Hedge Funds, and Private Equity

David P. Stowell

4.5
As our economy evolves, private equity groups, hedge funds, and investment banks compete and cooperate in different ways. Their recent innovations are reported and analyzed by the 3rd edition of David Stowell's landmark book, which adds three new cases, significantly revisions of most chapters, and updated figures, tables, and exhibits. It captures the actual work that associates and vice presiden
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Camping And Cooking For Beginners: Tools And Tips To Living In The Great Outdoors (Cook Book, Hiking, Bush craft, Fire, Tents, Sleeping Bags,Everyday Wood Craft, Backpacking, Bug-Out, Recipes)

Paul Sidoria

4.5
Camping And Cooking For Beginners

Everyone has a camping disaster story and rarely do they have anything to do with wild animals. From forgetting the food to discovering the tent is too small—a myriad of things can go wrong, but with THE CAMPING BOOK, your problems are solved. Beginning with the basics, this handy helper starts with a checklist of what you need for your trip. Choosing the right te
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Acquired: Now What?: Embrace the flux and uncertainty of M&A and become a savvy and bulletproof business professional. YOUR JOURNEY AWAITS!

Keno Vigil

4.5
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Equity Markets and Portfolio Analysis

R. Stafford Johnson

4.5
Understand today's investment challenges and the role of the Bloomberg system In recent years, changes have swept through the investment industry like wildfire. Academia has followed along and provided new lenses for viewing this transformation, as well as new strategies for gaining a true understanding and knowledge of investment and financial markets. Now, Equity Markets and Portfolio Analysis h
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From Zero to Sixty on Hedge Funds and Private Equity 3.0

Jonathan Stanford Yu

4.5
The Goal of this Book: The goal of this book is to give you two things regarding hedge funds, private equity, and other asset management firms. Two things that anybody can learn and then use to talk about with their friends and coworkers. The first is the knowledge - a foundation tool set of key words, industry phrases and financial concepts made clear in plain english. This book puts meanings and
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Private Mortgage Investing: How to Earn 12% or More on Your Savings, Investments, IRA Accounts, and Personal Equity: A Complete Resource Guide with 100s of Hints, Tips, and Secrets from Experts Who Do It Every Day

Teri B. Clark and Matthew Stewart Tabacchi

4.5
In recent years, stock market investing has been proven unstable and not very rewarding. In fact, many people have seen their retirement and personal holding accounts dwindle.
This new book provides an alternate to investors. It provides detailed information on how to put money to work in a relatively safe private mortgage investment with a high return of 12 to 15 percent (or more) in most cases.
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International Private Equity

Eli Talmor, Florin Vasvari

4.5
Bringing a unique joint practitioner and academic perspective to the topic, this is the only available text on private equity truly international in focus. Examples are drawn from Europe the Middle East, Africa and America with major case studies from a wide range of business sectors, from the prestigious collection of the London Business School's Coller Institute of Private Equity. Much more than
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Unveiling The Secrets of Private Equity: By an insider

SE THAN

4.5
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The Iron Triangle: Inside the Secret World of the Carlyle Group

Dan Briody

4.5
A penetrating look at the company at the nexus of big business, government, and defense The Carlyle Group is one of the largest private equity firms in the world with over $13 billion in funds. Carlyle's investments include everything from defense contractors to telecommunications and aerospace companies. But there is more to this company than meets the eye. Carlyle's executives include heavyweigh
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The Buyout of America: How Private Equity Is Destroying Jobs and Killing the American Economy

Josh Kosman

4.5
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Suze Orman's Action Plan: New Rules for New Times

Suze Orman

4.5
Times have changed and the rules have changed, but financial security is still the goal. Do you know how to get there?

There is a new reality out there—a new normal. What was once certain—that you would be able to retire comfortably, that you would pay for your kids’ education, that your home would appreciate in value—is no longer a sure thing. So much has changed on the financial landscape that it
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Study Guide for the Fourth Edition of Options as a Strategic Investment

Lawrence G. McMillan

4.5
The market in listed options and non-equity option products provides investors and traders with a wealth of new, strategic opportunities for managing their investments. This updated and revised Third Edition of the bestselling options book of all time gives you the latest market-tested tools for maximizing the earnings potential of your portfolio while reducing downside risk - no matter how the ma
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PIPEs: A Guide to Private Investments in Public Equity: Revised and Updated Edition

Steven Dresner

4.5
Private investments in public equity (PIPEs) offer a practical financing alternative for companies seeking capital and a unique asset for investors. For practitioners who know how to identify and execute transactions, PIPEs present a growing opportunity.
This revised and updated guide presents the views, voices, and invaluable expertise of leading practitioners from all specialties in the field. T
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One Step Ahead: Private Equity and Hedge Funds After the Global Financial Crisis

Timothy Spangler

4.5
A jargon-free guide to how investment funds operate and have broken free of the financial crises to grow and prosper

In One Step Ahead, Timothy Spangler – author of the award-winning Forbes.com blog “Law of the Market” – provides a compelling account of how flexible and entrepreneurial investment firms can prosper in a volatile and rapidly changing financial world.

From the Occupy Movement to the pu
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Private Equity: How the Business of Private Equity Funds Works

Daniel Burmester

4.5
Private equity funds are often called grasshoppers or corporate raiders. Are these accusations true? Are financial investors who generally acquire non-listed companies and sell them after a few years for as much profit as possible really value destroying? In order to answer these and other questions, it is important to understand the business model of private equity funds. The aim of this book is
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Private Equity: 2nd edition – Minority Investments and Buyouts, a Guide to Working with Private Equity

Lewis Invest

4.5
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The Wall Street Journal. Complete Retirement Guidebook: How to Plan It, Live It and Enjoy It

Glenn Ruffenach

4.5
As you think about retirement, you’ve got facts to face, planning to do, decisions to make and numbers to crunch. With the experts at The Wall Street Journal to guide you, you’ll learn how to tailor a financial plan for the lifestyle you want.

• Answers your biggest question—How big does my nest egg need to be?—by linking it to your particular hopes for how you want to spend your days in retirement
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Job in Private Equity

Brian Korb and Aaron Finkel

4.5
If you're seriously considering a career in private equity, you have to become familiar with how firms hire. With Getting a Job in Private Equity, you'll gain invaluable insights that will allow you to stay one step ahead of other individuals looking to secure a position in this field. Here, you'll discover what it takes to make it in PE from different entry points, what experience is needed to se
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How To Start A Food Truck Business in 2020: How To Turn Your Passion Into A Profitable Business In 2020 Step By Step

Alex Johnson

4.5
Do You Want To Turn Your Passion Of Cooking Into Your Business?
If you hate your job or hate your current cooking position and want to take control of your career, then starting a food truck business is right for you.

You can create the income you want, all while using your passion for cooking!

In this up to date A-Z guide, you will learn:


How to hassle-free fund your truck
Expert tips on finding the p
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The Wealthtech Book: The Investment Technology Handbook for Money Managers, Entrepreneurs and Change-Makers

Chishti and Thomas Puschmann

4.5
Get a handle on disruption, innovation and opportunity in investment technology

The digital evolution is enabling the creation of sophisticated software solutions that make money management more accessible, affordable and eponymous. Full automation is attractive to investors at an early stage of wealth accumulation, but hybrid models are of interest to investors who control larger amounts of wealth
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私募帝国：全球PE巨头统治世界的真相（The New Tycoons Inside the Trillion Dollar Private Equity Industry That Owns Everything） (Chinese Edition)

Jason Kelly

4.4