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While institutional investors continue to increase their private equity allocations\u2013prompting Bloomberg to observe that \u201cPension Funds are Hooked on Private Equity: No Matter the Risks\u201d\u2013 concerns have emerged about private equity&#8217;s impact on organizational stakeholders, portfolio companies, and broader society. As public corporations in the US have declined by half since 1996, while private equity-backed firms have increased six-fold in the past two decades (JPMorgan, 2023), a crucial question emerges: Does this shift herald:\u00a0(i) an improvement in corporate governance, business productivity, social responsibility and investor returns; or (ii) does it signal deeper systemic issues that transcend public markets?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Jeff Hooke<\/strong> was a Senior Lecturer at the Johns Hopkins Carey Business School from 2016 to 2024, and he continues to teach courses on a part-time basis. He is a broad-based finance and investment executive with global experience throughout the U.S., Europe and the emerging markets of Latin America and Asia. \u00a0He was a Managing Director of Focus Securities, an M&amp;A-oriented boutique investment bank, prior to joining Carey. Earlier, Hooke focused on emerging market investment and private equity. \u00a0He was a director at the Emerging Markets Partnership, a $5 billion private equity group. Earlier, he was a Principal Investment Officer of the International Finance Corporation, the $30 billion private sector division of the World Bank.<br \/>\nJeff Hooke began his career as an investment officer in the private placement department of Metropolitan Life Insurance. His New York investment banking career covered two major firms: Lehman Brothers and Schroder Wertheim. Mr. Hooke has an MBA from the Wharton School and a BS degree (cum laude) from the University of Pennsylvania. 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