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		airstrike on May 3, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Verizon Sells AOL and Yahoo to Apollo for $5B They don't milk it for as long as possible. In fact, they exit the investment in 3-5 years. Anything longer and their IRR dwindles fast.

_lqaf on May 6, 2021 [–]

"As long as profitable" is basically the same thing when talking about a FPE, but if you like those words better, fine.

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