Buyers and Builders

13 Acquisitions and Why Permanent Capital Beats Private Equity | Chris Rolls of PieLab Capital

June 24, 2026·48 min
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Chris Rolls is the founder of PieLAB Capital, a holding company with nine portfolio companies built through 13 acquisitions. After building and selling multiple businesses, Chris entered private equity to learn the investing side of the game. But he eventually became convinced that the traditional PE model forces investors to sell their best businesses too early. That realization led him to build a permanent capital holding company inspired by Berkshire Hathaway, Constellation Software, Tran...

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