Inside Private Equity explores the complexities of this asset class and introduces new methodologies that connect investment returns with wealth creation. By providing straightforward examples, it demystifies traditional measures like the IRR and challenges many of the common assumptions about this asset class. Readers take away a set of practical measures that empower them to better manage their portfolios. James M. Kocis (Hoboken, NJ) is the founder and President of the Burgiss Group, one of the leading software and financial service providers to the private equity industry. James C. Bachman IV, CAIA (Hoboken, NJ), is a Senior Associate at the Burgiss Group. Austin M. Long III,