PE fund business in Japan
【Summary】 There is a social context in Japan that requires the expansion of PE fund business The need for business succession in Japanese companies The need for business portfolio replacement in large Japanese conglomerate companies Japanese companies have low productivity (international comparison), and part of the cause is related to PE funds Too small size of SMEs to invest in infrastructure Inward-looking orientation: Japan is shrinking market Lateness in digital utilization: Investment amount is also low Uneven distribution of management skills, concentrated in Tokyo and Osaka Unable to expand overseas Unable to utilize digital technology Difficulty in self-purification, although not unique to Japan PE fund business has achieved results in Japan and is widely recognized Increasing number of acquisitions by PE funds Henry Kravis was featured in a corner of the Nihon Keizai Shimbun talking about memories: signaling his establishment as one of the busine...