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Private Equity Career Lessons from 25 Years with Meranee Phing Naaman

Private Equity Career Lessons from 25 Years with Meranee Phing Naaman

Update: 2025-11-25
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Meranee Phing Naaman, a trailblazer with over 25 years in private equity and two decades as a senior investment partner at Riverside Company, shares hard-won lessons from building and scaling businesses in consumer markets. She explains why IQ alone isn't enough in PE—you need EQ to sell your vision and LQ (learning quotient) to keep pattern recognition sharp. From buying the same home services business twice to pioneering franchising as a PE strategy, Meranee breaks down what separates good investors from great ones.

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Private Equity Career Lessons from 25 Years with Meranee Phing Naaman

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