Updated September 2, 2026
Tracking private equity, corporate consolidation, and what happens after the deal.
Ownership records, operating outcomes, reviewed assessments and recent private-equity news. Coverage is growing.
The wire
All news →Automatically aggregated. Headlines link to the original outlet and have not been reviewed by Death by PE.
Operating outcomes
Whether the business still operates.
Operating outcomes record whether a business ceased, returned, or continued through restructuring. They are separate from verified assertions and four-pillar assessments. Methodology →
Businesses classified as no longer meaningfully operating.
8 →The ZombiesBusinesses or brands that ceased operations and later returned.
11 →17 other audited companies remained operating through restructuring and are classified Active / Distressed, not Graveyard or Zombie.
What happened after the deal
Each published assessment reads an ownership period against verified evidence.
Each assessed ownership period is graded across four pillars: customer outcome, worker outcome, operational integrity, and durable health. “Not enough evidence” is a real, honest answer, not a placeholder. Full methodology →
HCA Healthcare, Inc.
Assessed ownership: Hercules Holding II · assessed Aug. 25, 2026
Dollar General Corporation
Assessed ownership: Buck Holdings, L.P. · assessed Aug. 25, 2026
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One ownership graph, three different evidence problems.
Food & Beverage
Ownership can sit several layers above the brand a shopper actually sees. This Vertical connects that lineage to documented product, pricing and operating changes where the evidence exists.
Explore Food & Beverage →Healthcare
Ownership often runs through practices, operators and platforms before it reaches an investor or a corporate parent. This Vertical keeps those layers separate and holds ownership and outcomes to their own evidence.
Explore Healthcare →Sports
Sports capital takes the form of control positions, minority stakes, joint ventures, commercial entities or debt. This Vertical keeps those structures distinct before asking what changed afterward.
Explore Sports →The database
Companies, owners and deals, one ownership graph.
Every recorded entity: companies, brands, platforms, facilities and institutions.
Browse →OwnersInvestment firms, corporations, family offices and institutions recorded as owners.
Browse →DealsRecorded acquisitions, mergers, investments and other ownership transactions.
Browse →Search the growing database
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Research
PE-owned nursing homes showed a 10% increase in short-term mortality among Medicare patients, alongside lower nurse staffing and reduced compliance with care standards.
Gupta, Howell, Yannelis & Gupta. NBER Working Paper 28474 (2021). 18,485 facilities.
Every claim on this site links to a source or is labeled as unverified. Research hub → Methodology →
If you were there, you know what changed
Rate any record in the database on one question: since ownership changed, has it gotten better, worse, or stayed the same? Every account is verified by email and never attributed beyond your role.
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