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Guy Hands: Private equity should aim to thrive, not just survive, after the virus

In two major crashes in the past 30 years, indebted private equity-backed companies have defied predictions that they would be first against the wall

Guy Hands, chair of Terra Firma Capital Partners
Guy Hands, chair of Terra Firma Capital Partners Photo: Getty Images

We are currently in a human crisis that will define the direction of generations to come. It is still too early to fully understand the medical and scientific lessons that are being learnt, or to understand what the economic, social and political effects will be, long-term.

But it is not too early to start thinking about the business lessons that are beginning to emerge, and to respond to them now.

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