FUTURE OF PRIVATE EQUITY 2019 THE SPONSORS: Alter Domus Baker McKenzie eFront Goldman Sachs L Catterton Pomona Capital PwC RSM The rising stars who will shape private equity over the next decade The shape of things to come A similar story emerges from conversa- GRAEME KERR EDITOR'S tions with our Future 40. The lines are blur- LETTER ISSN 1474–8800 ring between LPs and GPs, amid a “merging” MAY 2019 of the relationship, according to The Carlyle Senior Editor, Private Equity Group’s Louise Dumican, who says LPs have “a Toby Mitchenall, Tel: +44 207 566 5447
[email protected] much deeper level of involvement, scrutiny and Senior Special Projects Editor governance oversight than we’ve had histori- Graeme Kerr, Tel: +44 203 862 7491
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[email protected] Just who will shape the private equity industry Frampton, CIO of Alaska Permanent Fund Special Projects Editor over the next decade? That’s what we set out to Corporation, making the LP/GP relationship James Linacre, Tel: +44 207 566 5465
[email protected] discover when we opened up nominations for less “bifurcated” (p. 5). Senior Reporters our inaugural Future 40 list in January. The PEI Elsewhere, there are some stellar keynote Rod James, Tel: +44 207 566 5453
[email protected] 40 Under 40: Future Leaders of Private Equity, interviews, including Chris Kojima, the head of Carmela Mendoza, Tel: +44 203 640 7512 as it is formally known, forms the centrepiece alternative investments at Goldman Sachs (p.