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[–] brucethemoose@lemmy.world 29 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Private investors are (usually, and theoretically) more "long-term" motivated than the public markets. Day traders and rotating board members love quarterly boosts even if it implodes the company, but with private equity, passing a bag of shit to someone else isn’t so easy, and desires aren’t so fickle.

Hence I suspect you're right.

[–] xavier666@lemm.ee 3 points 17 hours ago

Can you give same examples of such privately owned companies which are long term focussed?