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This year will launch a new decade of PE activity that will extend and reflect significant events that occurred in the past decade. These include a spike on each end of the deal spectrum, the rippling impact of technology on PE, and emergent political activism shifting domain boundaries. The decade ended with a record year for deal making activity, including the largest private real estate deal in history occurring with Blackstone’s purchase of U.S. logistics asset GLP for $18.7 billion. Technology companies seeking to exit are now commonly considering PE as an attractive option.