Private equity firms invest in new companies and ideas, with over 3,300 such firms based in the US. Over the past decade, private equity has invested more than $3.6 trillion in US companies, employing 7.5 million people at over 11,000 US companies at the end of 2013. In addition to supporting the companies they invest in, private equity's impact can stimulate broader economic growth, such as investing almost $15 billion in bankrupt US firms since the Great Recession.

1. How Private Equity Helps The Economy
Who Benefits?

2. Slide
The number of
private equity
firms based in
U.S., each one
investing in new
companies and
ideas.
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3,300

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However, private equity’s impact
isn’t limited to the companies in
which it invests…
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…Its impact can be felt
throughout the U.S. economy.

4. Slide
Over the last decade,
private equity has
invested over
$3.6 trillion in
U.S.-based companies.
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Employed worldwide
at 11,130 U.S.-based
companies backed by
private equity at the
end of 2013.
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7.5 million people

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Since the start of
the Great Recession,
private equity has
invested almost
$15 billion in
bankrupt U.S.
companies.
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Capital Invested (Bil.) No. of Companies
10
20
30
40
50
60
$0.0
$0.5
$1.0
$1.5
$2.0
$2.5
$3.0
$3.5
$4.0
$4.5
2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
Capital Invested (Bil.) No. of Companies

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