Guy Hands

Guy Hands is a British financier, private equity investor and author. He is the founder and chairman of Terra Firma Capital Partners, one of Europe's leading private equity firms. Over a career spanning decades, he has been involved in some of the most high-profile deals in European business, including the controversial acquisition of EMI Music Group. The Dealmaker is his candid account of life in the world of high-stakes finance, offering an insider's view of the deals, decisions and personalities that shape the private equity industry. The book shares hard-won lessons from both spectacular successes and painful failures, delivered with a frankness rare in the world of finance. Available as both a book and an audiobook, The Dealmaker offers fascinating listening and reading for anyone interested in the inner workings of finance, dealmaking and the human drama behind billion-pound business decisions.