Making Billions: The Private Equity Podcast for Fund Managers, Alternative Asset Managers, and Venture Capital Investors Private Equity Secrets: Don’t Buy A Company’s Stock, Just Buy Its Assets
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Stop buying companies like a gambler and start engineering your private equity deals for maximum protection and predictable outcomes.
In this masterclass on deal structuring, host Ryan Miller breaks down the critical differences between a Stock Purchase vs. Asset Purchase and why your choice of acquisition structure is the single most important decision in your fund management strategy for 2026.
We dive deep into the mechanics of asset carve outs, the legal reality of successor liability, and how to use intentional deal design to isolate risk while preserving operational continuity. Learn from real-world case studies like Facebook’s acquisition of Instagram, Bank of America’s Countrywide catastrophe, and the PayPal-eBay split to see how the world's best investors navigate due diligence and risk management.
If you want to master alternative asset management, learn how to raise capital, and build a high-performance investment machine that survives the future you can’t see, this episode of Making Billions is your definitive guide to professional dealmaking in the new era of private markets.
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