In a concerted and coordinated effort, authors Harry Cendrowski, James P. Martin, Louis W. Petro, and Adam A. Wadecki produced a very insightful book that proves to be a very valuable item for those who want to enter and establish themselves in the world of private equity. In their recently published book Private Equity: History, Governance, and Operations, Cendrowski and company presents a clear and a very well-written book on how the private equity industry functions.

Cendrowski and his colleagues conveniently employ simple layman’s language in Private Equity: History, Governance, and Operations; reading the book is involving as it is informative. Drawing from their expertise and years of experience in the financial and business worlds, Cendrowski and his co-authors present not only a simplified and detailed background check on the history of the private equity industry in their book, but also map out the road to success for starting private equity professionals as well as seasoned veterans of the business.

Cendrowski and his colleagues allow the readers of Private Equity: History, Governance, and Operations to obtain more than just the basic fundamentals of the private equity industry; they include details on how to operate and thrive in the business. The book is concise and comprehensive that it makes private equity and all its aspects so easy to understand. No more is private equity reserved for the wealthiest of investors. Private Equity: History, Governance, and Operations explains how private equity works and how anyone can make private equity work for them.

Robert Larson, Chair of Lazard Real Estate Partners LLC, describes Private Equity: History, Governance, and Operations as authoritative and notably comprehensive. Barry Epstein, author of The Handbook of Accounting and Auditing, finds Private Equity: History, Governance, and Operations a major “contribution to the literature of finance.”

Private Equity: History, Governance, and Operations is published by John Wiley & Sons.