Adam E. Coffey

Uh, and there was another one I had, um, actually this is kind of, Adam, part of our private equity series.

Um, and I had Adam Coffey on.

Uh, he wrote some books on private equity, but Adam also has a book, um, on their process.

I don't...

I'm Leo Hewitt, and this show is all about the judgment calls in finance that don't always have a clean answer.

My guest today is Adam Coffey.

If you're a CFO in a private equity-backed business, he's the person on the other side of the table.

More than 20 years as a CEO, companies built for nine different private equity sponsors, 58 acquisitions, and exits measured in the billions.

And it's almost never fraud.

He also tells you why in a PE-backed business, the CFO is always the second most important person in the building and what he expects in return.

So without further ado, here's my conversation with Adam Coffey.

Adam, welcome.

Great, great people.

Adam Coffey I had on the podcast.

He's got a couple great books out there.

Vivian Gonzalez was an interesting one.