Vista Equity Partners CEO Robert Smith has said that companies which profited from the transatlantic slave trade should consider making reparations to African-Americans.
Global private equity giant Blackstone has brought in former Pfizer CEO and chairman Jeffrey Kindler as its latest senior advisor.
Former Mastercard president and CEO Gene Lockhart has been hired by Blackstone as a senior advisor, with a focus on the firm's growth equity and opportunistic investment units.
Carlyle's veteran co-CEO Glenn Youngkin is leaving the firm in two months after a 25-year career.
The Luxembourg Private Equity and Venture Capital Association has named Stephane Pesch as its new CEO, nine months after he joined LPEA as director of strategy.
Consumer brands-focused private equity investor Yellow Wood Partners has named veteran beauty and cosmetics CEO James Stammer as an operating partner.
US private equity house The Halifax Group has named its first operating executive by bringing in veteran CEO and COO Rick Morrow.
