The Private Equity Edge: How Private Equity Players and the World's Top Companies Build Value and Wealth
Arthur B. Laffer, Ph.D., served as one of President Ronald Reagan’s chief economic advisers in the 1970s and 1980s. His supply-side theories helped trigger the global tax-cutting movement of the 1980s. Laffer is onThe Wall Street Journal’s Gallery of the Greatest People Who Influenced Our Daily Business and was referred to as one of the “century’s greatest minds” inTimemagazine. Inventor of the “Laffer Curve,” he serves on various public and private boards and is the recipient of two Graham & Dodd awards and the Adam Smith award.William J. Hass, CTP, is CEO of the strategy and turnaround firm TeamWork Technologies. He previously served as chairman of the Turnaround Management Association and was a partner of accounting giant Ernst & Young. He is a certified turnaround professional.Shepherd G. Pryor IVis a consultant, corporate director, and educator on the subject of corporate value. He has served on the boards of four corporations and was formerly corporate banking leader at Wells Fargo Bank.