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Michael Elio

Jul 22, 2026

TadHOST
12:31
So I want to cash out, you know, when I, if I think it's an inflated number, how do you guys, you know, it's one thing if you're directly managing PE fund and you're KKR, you make a decision, but as StepZone and you're managing, you know, hundreds of positions, how do you come up with a valuation that's fair to new investors and old investors, et cetera?
12:50
Valuation is always an interesting thing when it comes to private markets.
12:53
I like to say private markets price the same way as public without the emotion.
13:00
We actually use fundamentals to base valuations off of.
13:05
The portfolios that I oversee are buyout portfolios.
13:09
So there's earnings, there's multiples, there's comps.
13:12
These are pretty reasonable valuations.

18 MINS LATER

TadHOST
31:10
And, you know, when somebody wants to redeem, they're going to have to kind of eat that discount or it's just totally different thing.

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