De-risking CEO succession in private equity

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This article looks at PE firms’ heavy reliance on CEO recruiters and offers a playbook for internal CEO development instead.

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If you work in private equity, you know that almost all portfolio companies need a new CEO during the hold period.

Research puts that number at 73%, with half that turnover being completely unexpected.

This puts PE folks in a position where they do a LOT of CEO recruiting.