Private Equity in 2025: Market Shifts, Strategy, and the Rise of AI
Hugh MacArthur, Chairman of the Global Private Equity Practice at Bain & Company, joins M&A Science to reflect on how private equity has transformed ove…
What you’ll learn
Who is this course for
This course is for private equity investors, corporate development leaders, and capital allocators who want a clear-eyed read on how the buyout industry has shifted over 30 years and what that means for how deals get sourced, priced, structured, and valued today. It is especially useful for practitioners who are actively running or evaluating buy-and-build strategies, managing LP relationships through a slow exit environment, or trying to define a repeatable investment thesis in an increasingly competitive and specialized market.
Instructor
Hugh MacArthur is Chairman of the Global Private Equity Practice at Bain & Company, where he has spent roughly 32 years, co-founding the practice in 1995 as the firm's first dedicated practice area. Today the practice spans commercial due diligence, portfolio value creation, and strategy work for GPs and LPs across buyout, growth equity, venture capital, private credit, infrastructure, and real estate, representing approximately one third of Bain's global business.
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The Intelligence Hub is where M&A practitioners access Buyer-Led M&A™ playbooks, frameworks, templates, and real-world insights from experienced deal leaders. Courses are taught by practitioners who've run deals — not academics or advisors. Topics include integration planning, due diligence, deal sourcing, valuation, and more.
The Intelligence Hub is available 24/7 through your M&A Science membership. Access them on-demand at your pace, on any device.
It depends on where you are in your M&A journey. If you're building foundational knowledge, start with the M&A Fundamentals Track — five courses covering the full deal lifecycle from sourcing through integration. If you're already running deals and want to build a repeatable, scalable process, explore the Buyer-Led M&A™ Certification. New courses are added regularly as we deepen the curriculum.
