Blackstone Group - History

History

History of private equity
and venture capital

Early history
(Origins of modern private equity)
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The 1980s
(LBO boom)
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The 1990s
(LBO bust and the VC bubble)
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The 2000s
(Dot-com bubble to the credit crunch)

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