What Private Equity Really Demands From Leaders w/ Maxwell Salazar

The Aerospace Executive Podcast · Jul 16, 2026 · 44m

Private equity is no longer a small corner of the market that only dealmakers, investors, and portfolio executives need to understand.

It is becoming one of the defining forces in business. More industries are being consolidated. More founder-led companies are being acquired. More executives are being recruited into PE-backed environments. And more leaders are finding themselves operating under a very different set of expectations, timelines, pressures, and performance standards than the ones they were trained for.

That means the old “private equity is not my world” mindset is getting harder…