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Our participants tell us that taking this program together with their colleagues helps to share common language and accelerate impact.
We hope you find the same. Special pricing is available for groups.
The benefit of learning together with your friend is that you keep each other accountable and have meaningful discussions about what you're learning.
Courtlyn
Promotion and Events SpecialistFinance professionals wanting to advance their careers in the private equity must be able to see the big picture. You need to understand the entire value chain—the risks, costs, relationships, and rewards of this high-performing asset class.
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Now, more than ever, executives need the knowledge and insights to help them adapt to change and solve complex problems. Columbia Business School Executive Education offers executives and organizations a variety of approaches, programs, and means to excel. But delivering learning with real-time impact isn't new to Columbia. And as the business world has evolved, we have applied new best practices to continuously improve the experience.
With our live online programs, we are taking select in-person programs and translating them into a fully live and virtual format, delivering the same interactive sessions with faculty and real-time application of the knowledge you would experience in person.
Reserve your seat early for Columbia Business School Executive Education's online global classroom. Spots are limited.
Live Session per Week with Faculty
Case Studies with Debriefs
Featured Guest Speakers
Polls
Discussion and Breakout Rooms
Dedicated Program Support Team
Mobile Learning App
Peer Learning and Feedback
Columbia Business School’s Private Equity (Live Online) program is designed to help participants who have at least six years of experience in investment banking or finance to identify opportunities and execute successful strategies in private equity investing. It is also ideally suited for CXOs analysts and managers transitioning from investment banking to the private equity sector, investment consultants, financial advisors, and professionals already working in private equity. The program content is also applicable to private bankers and family office representatives.
The focus of the program will be particularly useful for those overseeing assets under management, valuation, financial modeling, deal sourcing, or wealth management for ultra-high net-worth individuals. Representative roles and titles may include:
Understand the definition and history of private equity, the players, the jargon, the business models, and the ways to make money.
Take into consideration the business environment, price determinants, and exit strategies.
Evaluate seller motivations, public vs. private company considerations, financing options, and regulatory issues.
Understand the levers of value such as synergies, and the importance of price for the portfolio company.
Understand the details of the leveraged buyout (LBO) model and various exit alternatives.
Prepare for challenges with deal documentation, due diligence, and making assumptions.
Understand the definition and history of private equity, the players, the jargon, the business models, and the ways to make money.
Understand the levers of value such as synergies, and the importance of price for the portfolio company.
Take into consideration the business environment, price determinants, and exit strategies.
Understand the details of the leveraged buyout (LBO) model and various exit alternatives.
Evaluate seller motivations, public vs. private company considerations, financing options, and regulatory issues.
Prepare for challenges with deal documentation, due diligence, and making assumptions.
Donna M. Hitscherich
Senior Lecturer, Business, Finance, and Economics, Columbia Business School; Director, Private Equity Program, Columbia Business School
At Columbia Business School, Prof. Hitscherich serves as director of the Private Equity Program and is a Bernstein Faculty Leader at the Sanford C. Bernstein & Co. Center for Leadership and Ethics. She teaches Corporate Finance, Business Law, Mergers and Acquisitions, and Advanced Corporate Finance. Prior to her academic career, she was an investment banker and mergers and acquisition specialist, working with CS First Boston, JP Morgan & Co Inc., and Banc of America Securities. Prior to those roles, she was a corporate lawyer, specializing in mergers and acquisitions. She holds a BS and JD from St. John’s University and an MBA from Columbia Business School. Hitscherich is also a cer tified paramedic in the State of New York.
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Upon completion of the program, participants will receive a certificate of participation from Columbia Business School Executive Education and one day towards a Certificate in Business Excellence.
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