PE rationale: roll-up holding companies built to generate returns for investors

The advisor explains private equity's objective in trades roll-ups: raising money from investors and buying businesses to form holding companies in order to make returns for those investors.

“Private equity, there's no mistake as to what their objective is. They raise their money from investors and they're buying these businesses and, and forming these holding companies in order to make money for their investors.”

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