Leverage in the Desert: The Birth of Private Equity in the Middle East IVP Academic and Associate Professor of Sociology

and Associate Professor of Sociology and South and Southeast Asian Studies at the University of California

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Published: 10/13/2013

Leverage in the Desert: The Birth of Private Equity in the Middle East IVP Academic and Associate Professor of SociologyAn insider's glimpse into the leveraged buyout of Inchcape Middle East (IME), a transaction that paved the way for private equity to emerge as a multi billion dollar business in the Middle East region. The detailed background on the acquisition of IME. How US$ 5 million in equity was leveraged to acquire a major portfolio valued at US$ 150 million. Leverage in the Desert is an important study how the transaction was pulled off, what role the