FMKT 334S
Private Equity Buyouts
Ben David Thomason
Description from DukeHub
Students work in small teams to identify an LBO target via an investment screen. Teams conduct the investment analysis and due diligence based on publicly available information. This includes: building LBO model, sources and uses of funds, capitalization table, and justification of inputs. Course content provided both by the instructor and guest speakers, homework assignments and student presentations based on the deliverables. The majority of this course involves team-based assignments with a few individual assignments.
Skills
- financetitle: "private equity"
- leadershipdescription: "teams" and 2 more
- data and statisticsAI review: "investment analysis and due diligence"
- public speakingAI review: "student presentations based on the deliverables"
AI-resilient: 2 of 5
- No: Physical, lab or field work
- Yes: Live work with people · "teams"
- No: Judgment someone is accountable for
- No: A craft you practice with your hands or body
- Yes: Small, in-person format · seminar, 16 seats per section
The checks lean on Microsoft Research, Working with AI (2025), which found generative AI applies least to physical work and hands-on work with people. A signal, not a promise. How the score works
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