Robin Wigglesworth

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1,983 appearances 13 recordings 1 series first heard May 2026 last heard 12 Aug

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The Story of Money · The 1980s Garfield buyout that changed corporate finance · 1 Jul 2026 podcast

And Hetty's the author of a new book about private equity's influence on the world today. voice-verified

It's called The Asset Class, a killer name. voice-verified

And Hetty's also a fantastic opinion and long read writer at The Guardian. voice-verified

So Hetty, thanks for being here today. voice-verified

I can understand that. voice-verified

And today obviously we are going to be focused on one of those renegades you mentioned, those early days. voice-verified

Uh long before, frankly, the term private equity had even been invented. voice-verified

And this renegade we're going to be focusing on is uh who you call sort of the father of private equity. voice-verified

And I think uh lots of listeners might think that is somebody like uh, you know, Kolberg, Kravis, Henry Kravis, George Roberts, the founders of KKR, uh who did voice-verified

Did one of the first deals. voice-verified

Actually, we're gonna be talking about former US Treasury Secretary William E. voice-verified

Simon. voice-verified

Can you tell us a bit about him? voice-verified

Because he was kind of summed up this kind of more ideological bent that you mentioned, right? voice-verified

Somebody in government compared him to Genghis Khan at one point, right? voice-verified

In your book you make the case that there are a lot of key moments in his time from government that kind of really crystallize his his conservative but extreme pro market beliefs. voice-verified

What were those moments and and why were they so uh formative for him? voice-verified

So he decides not to go into administration because he can't get what he wants out of Reagan. voice-verified

But how does he s kind of stumble almost into this kind of leverage buyout industry, which I mean, let's face it, it wasn't even an industry at the time, right? voice-verified

How did that happen? voice-verified

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