This slideshare asks the questions, "Is private equity still private?" With so many issues around the resent Republican nominee, Mitt Romney and his private equity firm Bain Capital, people started to look at private equity in a negative way. Kenneth Mehlman and David Marchick are working with the The Private Equity Growth Capital Council in order to change people's views and help them see what private equity investments can do to help the economy.

1. Is private Equity still
private?

2. Quick overview of
private equity
• In the world of private equity, investors find funding
and make investments directly into private companies
or conduct buyouts of public companies.
• Sometimes this can also include reshaping the
companies structure, products, management, etc.
• The top private equity firms are TPG
Capital, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts (KKR), Goldman
Sachs Capital Partners, The Blackstone Group, and
The Carlyle Group.

3. Is Private Equity Still
Private?
• When information came out about firms such as Bain
Capital, which Mitt Romney co-founded, a lot of the
public have viewed private equity as greedy job-
stealers.
• "Private equity is no longer private,” Kenneth
Mehlman stated in an interview. Kenneth Mehlman
works for KKR, and is working to keep the private
equity name in a good light.
• How does Mehlman want us to see private equity? He
stated that private equity firms make financial risks
that help to strengthen businesses and benefit the
economy.

4. The Problem
• Men and women who work in private equity are
known for being shy about their investments. Many
hardly talk to the media at all, especially about how the
operations actually work. Romney was the same in
regards to questions asked about Baine’s investments.

5. The Private Equity
Growth Capital Council
• Kenneth Mehlman has been working with the Private
Equity Growth Capital Council in order to fix this
problem.
• Lately, the group has been publishing data, as well as
papers and videos that explain private equity
relationships with public pensions.
• Mehlman, along with David Marchick (who runs
external relations for The Carlyle Group), have been
credited as the two people who helped to get the
PEQCC into this new beneficial phase.

6. References
• CNN Money
• The Carlyle Group
• Kohlberg Kravis Roberts (KKR)
• The Blackstone Group
• Bain Capital
• Kenneth Mehlman
• David Marchick