私募股权是指私人持有且不在公共交易所交易的公司。 这使得个人投资者很难进入私营公司。
私募股权投资主要来自机构投资者和合格投资者，他们可以长期投入大量资金。 在许多情况下，私募股权投资需要相当长的持有期。 需要充足的时间来扭转陷入困境的公司，或促成流动性事件，例如首次公开募股或出售给上市公司。
（Private equity refers to companies that are privately held and do not trade on public exchanges. This makes it difficult for individual investors to gain access to privately held companies.
Private equity investment primarily comes from institutional investors and accredited investors, who can dedicate substantial sums of money for extended periods of time. In many cases, considerably long holding periods are required for private equity investments. Ample time is needed to turn around a distressed company, or to enable liquidity events such as an initial public offering or a sale to a public company.）
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