Cilia Holmes Indahl
Norwegian impact-investing executive; CEO of the EQT Foundation, the philanthropic arm of private equity firm EQT, focused on catalytic capital for climate, health, and inclusion.
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Sep 17, 2026
JoelHOST
So maybe you can help me unpack what is private equity and how does it distinguish from, for example, venture capital and so on and so on.
Cilia Holmes IndahlGUEST
And private equity, it's a way to say that it's not a publicly traded or a stock listed company.
Cilia Holmes IndahlGUEST
And you buy a company and you have it for, say, seven to 10 years in ownership before you sell it again.
Cilia Holmes IndahlGUEST
And contrary to when you're stock listed, you need to watch your stock price carefully and be careful about making changes in that ownership period.
Cilia Holmes IndahlGUEST
I think one of the potential of that ownership is that you can run a process of decarbonization or sustainable transformation in products and services.
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JoelHOST
Developing ideas that then could become, you know, or, or, uh, not a, not a greenhouse, but still, you know, it's a.