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Korea, Japan, China — each market has its own rules, its own relationships, its own way of doing business. One playbook doesn't work.
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The Homeplus deal was the largest PE buyout in Korean history. People said a local firm couldn't do it. We did.
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Western PE firms lose money in Asia because they don't understand the culture. I grew up in both worlds. That's my edge.
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We don't do hostile takeovers. In Asia, relationships are everything. You earn trust before you earn returns.
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$30 billion from Seoul. No Goldman Sachs name on the door. Just local knowledge and execution.