Private equity has an exit problem. And it has created a time problem.
McKinsey puts some numbers around the problem. The average buyout-backed company sold in 2025 had been held for 6.6 years, up from 6.1 years during the 2011 to 2020 period. More than 16,000 PE-backed companies — about 52% of the total — had already been held for four years or longer, the highest percentage on record.
And LPs are still waiting for cash. Distributions equaled only about 6% of private equity assets under m...
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