Ripley: PE firms typically dictate plans rather than seek consensus
Jay Ripley · Jay Ripley – Emerging Manager Selection at GEM (EP.470) · Nov 10, 2025 · at 12:11
Jay Ripley, Head of Investments at GEM, compares typical private equity governance with consensus-driven partnership models.
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“In many cases, we were really forced to come to a consensus with the management team in a way that I later learned you wouldn't normally see in private equity. Usually it's here's the plan and you can either do it or I'm going to fire you.”
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