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Pincus

British

/ ˈpɪŋkəs /

noun

Gregory Goodwin. 1903–67, US physiologist, whose work on steroid hormones led to the development of the first contraceptive pill

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Alex Stratoudakis, managing director of Warburg Pincus, said they are investing in “the vision of creating an open, modular, front-to-back platform for institutional investment management.”

From Barron's • Dec. 21, 2025

Clearwater Analytics agreed to an $8.4 billion take-private deal with an investor group led by Permira and Warburg Pincus.

From Barron's • Dec. 21, 2025

To make it work, Pincus had to convince skeptical punk rockers who have been burned by bad deals or lost control over their recordings.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 7, 2025

Matt Pincus was a self-described troubled kid of a Wall Street family who was sent away to an institution for troubled youth.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 7, 2025

Henry Schacht, a veteran industrialist now with Warburg Pincus, was brought in by Lucent, the successor of Western Electric, to help manage it through this crazy period.

From "The World Is Flat" by Thomas L. Friedman

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