The Working Person's Guide to the Industry That Might Kill Your Company
by Hamilton Nolan on Splinter, shared by Samer Kalaf from Deadspin > Sports News Without Fear, Favor or Compromise on (#3KQV0)

Just like $2.5 trillion worth of companies around the world, the company publishing the story you are now reading is owned by private equity firms. Most people have little idea what the private equity industry actually does. The truth is terrifying.