Jay Ripley
9 statements across 1 episodes · 2 bullish · 3 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Nov 10, 2025 by Jay Ripley · said 1 times in 1 episodes since 2024 · across every show →
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Nov 10, 2025 negative
Ripley: Buyout investors trained to accept 2x gross returns struggle to unlearn that standard
“We're generally looking for folks that trained at firms where the investment committee is a little more difficult, there's more of a culture of asymmetry internally, because if you're trained to the two X gross is acceptable, It's hard to shake that later. Tha…”
Nov 10, 2025 bearish
Ripley: Leveraged 2x gross PE buyout strategies aren't worth it
“Especially in private equity, you meet a lot of folks who look good in a blue suit. We're trained to buy A plus assets and A plus auctions at very high prices with a lot of leverage. And that shows well to a committee. People like that. It feels good. A lot of…”
Nov 10, 2025 neutral
Ripley: Buyout investing is fundamentally an apprenticeship business with high barriers
“A buyout is an apprenticeship business, fundamentally. You can't walk in off the street with no credibility or history and complete buyout deals, generally speaking, because you've got to get an investment banker to show you a deal. You've got to get a commerc…”
Nov 10, 2025 negative
Ripley: Endowments wrongly prioritize manager pedigree over strategy base rates
“I tend to weight the quality of the game the manager's playing more heavily than most do. Most of the endowments I talk to tend to say we're looking for the best people, and the quality of what they're trying to do, or how hard it is, or the base rates around …”
Nov 10, 2025 bullish
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Nov 10, 2025 neutral
Ripley: GEM evaluates emerging buyout managers by their apprenticeship firm
“We think that as a general rule, we need to have an opinion on the firm you came from to have an opinion on you, because almost all the folks that we evaluate on the emerging manager side are a product of wherever their apprenticeship occurred.”
Nov 10, 2025