Investing for Beginners , investing

Private equity investor is a corporation or individual that is investing in stakes of unlisted companies. The only different between equity investor and private equity investor is that the last one invests in unlisted companies which means the shares of the company are not traded in any stock exchange. 

Private equity investments are riskier because of lower liquidity but also may have higher return on investment and another important advantage of private equity investors is that they usually are buying higher stakes in the companies that allow them influence the company’s management.  Private equity fund is one of the most common types of private equity investor.