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Think Like an Investor
The mindset shift from operator to investor: working on the business instead of in it, and what makes a company investable.
From the FBI to Private Equity: Lessons in Due Diligence
How an investigator’s habits translate to reading financials, testing a seller’s story, and knowing when to walk away.
Buying a Business Without All the Cash
Rollover equity, earnouts, seller notes, and SBA loans, explained with real deal structures.
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Bio and book facts
Short bio
David Krainert is chairman and CEO of KVLR Capital, a healthcare private equity firm in New York City, founder and chairman of Krainert Group, a real estate investment group, and author of The Art of Private Equity.
Long bio
Raised in Brooklyn by parents who emigrated from the Soviet Union, David worked in sales at AT&T and Verizon while studying at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, served as a special agent with the FBI, and earned a master’s degree in accounting from Brooklyn College before closing his first real estate deal in 2015. He founded KVLR Capital in 2019 and has led an M&A analyst program for graduate and undergraduate students since then. He lives in New York with his wife, Marina, and their three children.
Book facts
The Art of Private Equity: How to Think, Buy, Build, and Sell Like an Investor. WBC Publishing. On sale November 10, 2026. Hardcover ISBN 979-8-218-36128-0. 184 pages.