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‘We find a CEO and build them a business’ — how Warburg Pincus plans to spend $20bn

To stay at the top, the firm is searching for opportunities in ‘buy-and-build’ and ‘hard-to-reach places’, says Dan Zilberman, its boss in Europe

Thursday 9 January 2020 at 00:01

‘We find a CEO and build them a business’ — how Warburg Pincus plans to spend $20bn

Warburg Pincus had its best year in Europe in 2019, according to the region’s boss Dan Zilberman.

But with a record level of dry powder in the industry and the growing risk of an economic downturn, he has his work cut out for him to keep the momentum going.