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Ep 514 Inside the Mind of an Acquirer: Lee McCabe on Why the Old Private Equity Playbook Is Dead and the New Model Emerging
Category: Business
Duration: 00:46:55
Publish Date: 2025-10-03 05:00:00
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Today’s episode of Built to Sell Radio is part of our Inside the Mind of an Acquirer series. John Warrillow interviews Lee McCabe, a former Meta and Alibaba executive turned private equity investor—now an advisor helping PE firms modernize how they create value. 

McCabe argues the old model of buying cheap, piling on debt, and hoping for multiple expansion is over. Interest rates are up, LPs are demanding more, and the firms that win will need to act more like operators than bankers. If you’re planning to sell, and private equity is your natural buyer, you’ll want to hear this. 
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