Dry Powder: The Private Equity Podcast
Dry Powder: Live from NEXUS 2025
Carlyle’s Brian Bernasek shares his 2025 market outlook, his thoughts on sector expertise, and how his team is rapidly deploying generative AI.
Today on Dry Powder, we share a live recording from this year’s NEXUS conference in Orlando, Florida. My guest is Brian Bernasek, cohead of Americas Corporate Private Equity at Carlyle. We had a wide-ranging discussion about his market outlook for 2025, how he thinks about sector expertise at scale, the rising cost of alpha, and, of course, AI.
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Our conversation touches on many of the key themes in Bain’s Global Private Equity Report—which we’ve linked to in the episode notes—and Brian is one of those rare investors who can bring these themes to life. I highly recommend you tune in.
The Private Equity Podcast
In our podcast series, Bain's Hugh MacArthur interviews leading experts on the trends and opportunities that will redefine the private equity industry.
First published in 3월 2025