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Eh, that's fine, I guess?

Bob founds a company that makes widgets. Bob sells the company to a PE company. The PE company runs the company into the ground. That opens a gap in the market for (a new) Bob to open a new company that makes widgets.

If shareholders or private equity or private equity's debtors are willing to subsidise Bob this way, who are we to complain?



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