Value creation: how often the top podcasts talk about it.
Value creation came up in 7 of 26 episodes (27%) in the four weeks to Sep 27, about the same share as in the earlier weeks (19%).
Share of episodes, four weeks at a time
The 7 episodes behind the newest bar
- How AI is Changing the Private & Public MarketsHow I Invest · week ending Sep 27 · said it 3 times
- Goldman Sachs’ Michael Bruun on AI, Private Equity & The War for TalentHow I Invest · week ending Sep 20 · said it 5 times
- AI in the Investment Office – Abby Barlow, Laura Hill, Brian Sugrue, Jenny Heller, John L…Capital Allocators · week ending Sep 20 · said it twice
- What's Wrong in Private Equity (w/ Lee McCabe)Private Equity Funcast · week ending Sep 6 · said it 11 times
- Parker Gals: Angela McCoy, May RiverPrivate Equity Funcast · week ending Sep 6 · said it twice
- Private Equity Growth with Akoya’s Carr PrestonKarma School of Business · week ending Sep 6 · said it 4 times
- Where AI Is (and Isn’t) Creating ValueDry Powder · week ending Sep 6 · said it 5 times
Earliest mentions in our archive
The first episode from each show that said it, oldest first. The matched words are marked.
“…that has contributed around 50% of the overall value creation in terms of returns. The second has been multiple…”
Private Equity in 2026: Why “12 is the new five” | Bain & Company | Fund Shack Ep. 89
“…focused more on, you know, business value creation, and performance improvement. And and a lot of what I did…”
Career Consultant Who Bought a 7-Figure Manufacturer | Paul Callahan Interview
“…market that we can employ all of our value creation methodologies including our buy and build which is what we've…”
“…in the future, there's a lot of pressure on the value creation for something to happen. But why don't you wrap up the…”
Another False Start: PitchBook's H1 2026 Private Equity Data (w/ Steven Buibish)
“…we could not be more excited about this trend. But i- increasingly, AI is, it's embedded in our value creation work. Right now, just to give you a flavor and to mention that,…”
Exits, AI and Asking 'What’s Next?' w/ Advent International's John Maldonado
“…potential buyers for any of the assets that where we've finished our value creation blend. Infrastructure is only…”
$31B Investor on AI Infrastructure, Private Equity, and Secondaries
Most recent mentions
The newest episodes that count toward the chart, no more than two from one show.
“…people might rightly say why would you do that there is so much value creation going on here and…”
“…that haven't worked? compares and contrasts over prior calls to see if there's a shift in tone, shift in people, shift in how they talk about value creation. There's agentic chatter about the capacity of the tool to take workflows end-to-end and execute on them. We haven't really seen that…”
AI in the Investment Office – Abby Barlow, Laura Hill, Brian Sugrue, Jenny Heller, John L…
“…that. You're a recovering operating partner. You're a digital value creation guy. You're an entrepreneur. You're a…”
“…creating what we call like a lot of people a value creation plan. But one of the differentiators for us is really…”
“…third parties, so it is part and parcel with what we are doing with our companies to drive value creation. Mm-hmm.”
Which shows say it
| Show | Last four weeks | All weeks counted |
|---|---|---|
| Private Equity Funcast | 2 | 4 |
| How I Invest | 2 | 3 |
| Karma School of Business | 1 | 3 |
| Dry Powder | 1 | 2 |
| Capital Allocators | 1 | 1 |
| Acquiring Minds | 0 | 1 |
| Fund Shack | 0 | 1 |
How we count. An episode counts when its transcript says “value creation” at least twice; plurals count too. We count a shortened re-upload of an episode we already have only once, and we skip the sponsor reads we can spot: the lines around phrases like “brought to you by”, and any passage a show reads word for word in three or more episodes. The share is the counted episodes divided by all episodes from the private equity shows we cover in the same four weeks, so a busy month of releases does not raise it by itself. The mix of shows does change from month to month, and one daily show can move a number. Weeks run Monday to Sunday, and the week in progress is left out until it ends. The chart starts with the week of July 6, 2026, when our archive became steady. A few older episodes can still appear under the earliest mentions, and some weeks have gaps. Transcripts are automatic captions, so we also match the spellings they use. The counts cover only the shows we summarize. Download the counts (JSON) or CSV.