<Tr> <Th> Early history </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> (origins of modern private equity) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> The 1980s </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> (leveraged buyout boom) </Td> </Tr>

Private equity firms use their private equity capital to invest in existing corporations