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A financial alchemist's roller-coaster story

Mr Hands describes some of his early deals, which reflect the essence of his approach

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Sanjay Kumar Singh
The Dealmaker: Lessons from a life in private equity
Author: Guy Hands
Publisher: Penguin Random House
Pages: 350
Price: Rs 650

How do private-equity (PE) investors strike those headline-grabbing deals and earn eye-popping amounts? If you are curious to learn the secrets of these financial alchemists, here is your chance to do so from the very best—Guy Hands, founder of Terra Firma, at one time among the world’s top PE firms.     

At the very start of his schooling, Mr Hands encountered difficulties in reading and spelling and was found to be dyslexic. When people read, the words signify something. For dyslexics the written

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