Recently Pitchbook, a leading research firm specializing in tracking the private equity industry, released the first in a four-part series on the private equity industry’s growth over the past decade. Those of you that read this site regularly know that we have quoted Pitchbook on several occasions because we find their data to be quite compelling. This report really caught my attention because over the past decade, the private equity industry and its influence on the overall economy has grown dramatically.  [Read more…]