There's some nuance there for sure. Berkshire is a heavily diversified conglomerate, which includes acquiring companies plus minority investments in publicly tr

There's some nuance there for sure. Berkshire is a heavily diversified conglomerate, which includes acquiring companies plus minority investments in publicly traded equities. CSI is simply an acquisition roll-up shop. > I always thought PE was leveraged buyouts/KKR/Masters of the Universe type of folks. I'd have to double check for sure, but I'm 90% sure that CSI levered their deals. So by that definition (MBO acquisitions + leverage) I'd put them in the PE category. Could argue maybe family office (which utilizes many PE techniques).