The Minutes of Bill Gurley on private equity https://minutesof.com/bill-gurley/on/private-equity/ Everything Bill Gurley has said on private equity: 4 verbatim quotes between October 2024 and March 2026, each with a timestamp and a link to the… en Sun, 30 Aug 2026 16:22:05 +0000 Gurley dismisses mid-market private equity work as unmotivating though acknowledging money can be made there. https://minutesof.com/q/548ef570-3e05-41b9-8094-3dc2be229f0d/ https://minutesof.com/q/548ef570-3e05-41b9-8094-3dc2be229f0d/ “I don't even I would never be motivated by it, but but, you know, I'm not not necessarily shitting on them too bad. Like, somebody there are you can make money.” — Chris Williamson Sat, 14 Mar 2026 15:00:16 +0000 private equity Gurley argues most US endowments and foundations are now overinvested in private equity and venture capital. https://minutesof.com/q/0999a2b8-e591-41fb-b3aa-25d197235cbd/ https://minutesof.com/q/0999a2b8-e591-41fb-b3aa-25d197235cbd/ “I think the Swinson mimic effect has now played out. And I think personally that most of the endowments and foundations in The US are over invested in private, both PE and venture.” — Bloomberg Podcasts Thu, 05 Mar 2026 01:47:37 +0000 private equity Gurley argues most US endowments and foundations are over-invested in private markets with no incentive to get https://minutesof.com/q/8617f662-a82f-411e-8327-239874331e26/ https://minutesof.com/q/8617f662-a82f-411e-8327-239874331e26/ “And I think that the way the industry is structured in this would require longer conversation. There's no incentive for the operators inside of the endowments or foundations to get the paper marks right.” — Bloomberg Podcasts Thu, 05 Mar 2026 01:47:37 +0000 private equity Gurley recounts PE firm making billion dollars on DoubleClick exit but struggling because it was in $4 billion https://minutesof.com/q/3343a9c6-fb7e-44a0-8c79-7c3ca1fbe971/ https://minutesof.com/q/3343a9c6-fb7e-44a0-8c79-7c3ca1fbe971/ “I said to him, I want to say, congratulations, man, that's incredible. He goes, well, it's in a $4,000,000,000 fund. Wow. Wow. You know? Yeah. So, That's you have an incredible outcome.” — BG2 Pod Thu, 31 Oct 2024 17:46:51 +0000 private equity