About this episode

Jack Purcell discusses how alignment and incentives contributed to the growth of Ridgemont Equity Partners into an $11 billion firm.

What if the biggest edge in private equity isn’t finding better deals, but designing better incentives? In this episode, I sit down with Jack Purcell, Managing Partner at Ridgemont Equity Partners, to unpack how alignment helped turn a Bank of America spinout with fewer than 15 people into a private equity firm managing more than $11 billion. Jack explains why Ridgemont invests significant GP capital alongside its LPs, why more than two-thirds of the team participates economically in its funds, and how a nine-person unanimous investment committee uses a proprietary 40-point scorecard to evaluate deals.

People in this episode

Host: David Weisburd

Guest: Jack Purcell

Topics covered

• private equity
• incentives
• investment strategy
• capital alignment
• deal evaluation

Keywords

• private equity
• incentives
• Ridgemont Equity Partners
• investment committee
• capital investment

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Ridgemont Equity Partners, Bank of America

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