Private Equity Program News

The Private Equity Program is pleased to announce that applications are open for the Executive Education session of its annual Deal Camp which is taking place December  3 – 6, 2015 at the oceanfront resort facilities of Gurney's Inn in Montauk, NY.

Jeffrey Rojek `96 has recently joined the Advisory Board of the Private Equity Program at Columbia Business School. Jeff has already been active participant in the Private Equity Program and earlier this year joined as a speaker at the Program's alumni networking event focused on Global Markets.

The research of Professors Charles Calomiris and Donna M. Hitscherich appeared in an article on July 26, 15 in the Financial Times, “Go-shop provisions: buyer beware OM Group and Apollo deal shows a final bid is not necessarily final.” Read the paper on SSRN Abstract

Read about what the Private Equity Program has been up to in the May 2015 issue of the newsletter. If you would like to receive the newsletter which is sent out three times a year, email the Program at pep@gsb.columbia.edu  

Value Creation Anyone? The importance of IT Operations Partners By Sean P. Epstein `04 In a recent survey of all kinds of funds, ranging from local to mega funds,[1] more than 63% of respondents suggested that they have, will have, or would like to have more operations partners on their team full time.  

Through Columbia Caseworks, The Private Equity Program has published a   “Technical Note on LBO Valuation and Modeling.” The Technical Note is intended for use by practitioners and academics, including MBA students, who are learning to model leveraged buy-outs.

The Private Equity Program at Columbia Business School will hold its next Alumni Networking Event and Panel on Tuesday, May 19, 2015. The panel discussion will focus on Global Markets and Private Equity.

Congratulations to the Columbia students who participated in the 15th Annual Wharton Private Equity competition, Friday February 20, 2015. Two first year MBA teams competed and both teams finished in the top 3 (out of 25 teams from 19 schools from around the world.). This year the teams presented a case on the possible leveraged buyout of American Eagle Outfitters.

On February 17, 2015 investment professionals and members of the alumni community came to campus to judge three teams that had been selected from submissions by the attendees of the 4th Annual Deal Camp in Montauk.

Interested in attending Columbia? Watch the Admissions Webinar, recorded in 2014, which focused on Private Equity and features our Admissions team.