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CEO Alpha: A new approach to generating private equity outperformance

Jun 14, 2023
31:39

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  • CEO Alpha refers to the extra performance that a company obtains from CEO outperformance, highlighting the significant impact of a CEO's strategic decisions and leadership skills.
  • Private company CEOs face unique challenges and differences compared to public company CEOs, such as greater emphasis on short and medium-term performance, distinct governance structures, and the need to address investment thesis, talent-to-value, operations management, and eventual exits.

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Concept of CEO Alpha

CEO Alpha refers to the extra performance that a company obtains from CEO outperformance. A CEO's strategic decisions and leadership skills have a significant impact on a company's performance. Empirical research shows the existence of CEO Alpha in the public company realm, with high-performing CEOs generating substantial outperformance relative to industry peers.

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