How I Left PE and Bought 16 Companies | Kaido Veske Interview
About this episode
Mike Markus interviews Kaido Veske about his transition from private equity in the US to managing a fund in Europe and completing multiple acquisitions.
Mike Markus ( https://x.com/PrivatEquityGuy ) talks with Kaido Veske of Livonia Partners ( https://www.livoniapartners.com/ ) about Kaido’s journey from working at a mid-cap private equity firm in the US to returning to Europe, raising a fund that now manages nearly $200 million, and completing 16 acquisitions to date. 0:00 Why start a fund 2:56 Wharton and early US exposure 3:39 US finance years and coming back to Europe 6:03 Livonia today: focus and deal size 7:06 Minority and majority de...
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