This is how executives make a career in private equity companies

Dusseldorf Alexander Dibelius puts it bluntly: “The time for a career in private equity-financed companies could hardly be better” – even if the number of deals is currently decreasing.

For Dibelius, Germany head of the investment company CVC, the high valuation levels for companies have recently been driven more and more by the favorable interest on borrowed capital. “That’s changing now,” says the well-known finance manager. For private equity companies, company takeovers or entry will be cheaper – which in turn should lead to one or two top jobs in the portfolio companies.

In fact, the industry that was once decried as a “swarm of locusts” (SPD leader Franz Müntefering, 2005) has long since turned into a career springboard for ambitious managers.