Slate Money - The Private Equity Confidence Game

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Sep 12, 202650:01News & Politics

This week: The new book Money to Burn goes deep on private-equity behemoth Apollo Global Management and its billionaire cofounder and former CEO, Leon Black. Felix Salmon , Elizabeth Spiers , and Emily Peck are joined by...

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