Interview, Fireside Chat
Investing with The Carlyle Group’s Sandra Horbach
- Investment strategy prioritizes identifying market leaders with secular tailwinds and value-creation potential over short-term volatility, utilizing a five to 10-year holding horizon to ensure performance during difficult economic conditions.
- The private equity industry is forecasted to evolve through increased specialization requiring deep sector expertise, while large firms expand into diverse asset classes and evolve fund structures to offer new options for limited partners.
- CEOs are expected to require continuous learning and agility to adapt to disruptive environments, driven by a digital transformation that creates convergence between industry specialists and technology practices, viewing virtually every company as a tech entity.
- The firm anticipates a constructive impact on Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) initiatives during the ownership period, having established annual reviews for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) objectives tied to executive compensation.
- Long-term goals include achieving a future state where diversity is so deeply embedded in behavior that it requires no explicit discussion, with a personal commitment to observing the next generation's career progression over the subsequent 30 to 40 years.