Doug Poretz

100 Companies That Can Take Themselves Private

Great observation. Furthermore, as someone who works closely with CEOs, often on issues related to being public companies, I often hear that the attraction of not dealing with being a public company is very compelling. But I think the low cost of going private will be only one attraction. I also think that the economic and political environment will create an environment for numerous fundamental changes in many industries. A lot of game-changing rules are likely to be proposed in healthcare, environment, financial services, the list will not stop at the obvious. Issues of valuation and trying to make credible projections will be extremely difficult and maybe irrelevant if you don't know how the industry might change a year from now. The attractiveness of being private while that is happening will become even more compelling. Interesting prospect ....