Private equity titan Guy Hands on hopes for a Tiger Woods comeback, losing his confidence post EMI, and how hypnotherapy cured his addiction to . . . roast potatoes.
Guy Hands, a European private-equity pioneer, says his confidence is shaken more than 10 years after a very public deal collapse. And although the businessman feels that he may never recapture his mojo, he believes his past stumbles have been a boon.
Since 2002, the 59-year-old British financier has invested almost £15 billion in 33 businesses via Terra Firma but has suffered a string of recent setbacks and admits opportunities have dried up since EMI. The journey forward won’t be a chip shot for the Terra Firma titan. EMI resulted in lasting damage to the financier’s reputation. The music publisher had run into financial trouble and Citigroup, who provided the loan for Terra Firma’s buyout, took possession of the business in 2011. Ultimately, century-old EMI was sold in separate pieces to Universal Music Group and Sony Corp.
“Fighting was more natural to me than giving in and crying,” he said. “I probably should have made that decision [to drop the legal action] a long time earlier but you have a duty to your investors to do the best for them.” “I think I realized just how much one’s lucky to have a certain skill but it’s nothing more than a skill you are lucky to have. There is an awful pressure in society today to have the cult of the celebrity.”
He has managed to lose 35 pounds after changing his eating habits, monitoring his intake, and receiving help for an unusual obsession: potatoes.
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