Entertainment Grows as Private Equity Pours Money into Disruption

Private Equity investors are fast becoming the number one source of capital for an industry struggling to cope with unstoppable growth.

Nearly 150 years ago, American entrepreneur P.T. Barnum, notorious for his ability to pull cash out of a crowd, proudly explained that he simply charged for the opportunity to entertain the masses. He explained this to London audiences queuing up to pay the man for lectures on how to invest their money. 

P.T. Barnum later developed The Greatest Show on Earth and toured the Barnum & Baily Circus across the US and Europe. The more people...