Private equity firms burst into public notice in the 1980s, as portrayed in the classic book on KKR’s takeover of RJR Nabisco, Barbarians at the Gate. Investing with the barbarians can be very lucrative, but is financially possible only for the megabucks crowd—institutions like pension programs and very rich individuals. That type of well-heeled investor becomes what’s known as a limited partner in one or more of a private equity (PE) firm’s funds (each fund has a collection of companies in...

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