Sir John Kay: key facts
- Kind of voice
- Academic
- Role
- senior British economist
- Quoted on
- Adult social care & reform
- Tracked press citations
- 1
- Most recently quoted
- 27 Aug 2026
“The very good story is investors who are willing to provide capital on a long-term basis either for infrastructure, or to new growth businesses. But what has become much more extensive is private equity buying into firms, with the idea that you resell them in three to five years having extracted quite large amounts of money in the meantime.”
Where Sir John Kay has been quoted
- Nurseries, vets and shops: the sectors where private equity plays a big roletheguardian.com · 27 Aug 2026
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