An inside account of the multibillion pound world of private equity and a masterclass on the art of dealmaking.The Dealmaker is a frank and honest account of how a severely dyslexic child who struggled at school went on to graduate from Oxford and become a serial entrepreneur. It describes Guy Hands career in private equity first at Nomura and then as head of his own company Terra Firma. It looks in detail at the huge deals that Terra Firma has done over the years involving everything from cinema chains and pubs to waste management aircraft leasing and green energy. And it offers a brutally honest appraisal of the deal that almost bankrupted him the acquisition of multinational music recording and publishing company EMI in 2007 just as a global financial crash loomed on the horizon. Above all he gives the reader a real sense of what its like inside the secretive world of private equity describing in frank detail the pressures and rewards involved. Insightful and pageturning The Dealmaker will prove inspirational and essential reading for all those who want to understand how huge business negotiations are done and what makes one of private equitys biggest players tick.