we did discover this remarkable woman, carole king. >> carole king made the transition from being behindeel the sky come tumbling down ♪ ♪ under my feet i feel the sky tumbling down ♪ ♪ i feel my heart start to tremble ♪ ♪ whenever you're around >> carole king is the embodiment of what happens. because in the '60s she is trying to write hit songs for other people. then in the '70s with "tapestry," the definition of an album of self-expression. let me go into my house in laurel canyon and tell you about my life. >> after church you always went out for pancakes. if you were lucky enough to ride in one of the girl's cars, you know what you are listening to? "tapestry." >> there were a lot of very important women who were some of the most significant writers and contributors to music at the time. >> we are going to do a song written by john david sausser one of my favorite california songwriters and one of my favorite singers. it's called "faithless love." >> she was in many ways my greatest collaborator. i became a professional songwriter because of the best voice of my generation was doing

carol: why microsoft may remain king of video games even after friday's news. elcome back i am carol massar. jason: you can listen to us on the radio on sirius xm channel 119, 106.1 in boston, 99.1 fm in washington, d.c.. carol: in london on dab digital and on the bloomberg business app. bill ford is one of the biggest names in private equity. he is the ceo of general atlantic. jason: he joined me for an exclusive interview. we talk about the ipo market and new york's trouble keeping amazon's hq two. mosttting up to be the exciting ipo since 2012 for a couple reasons. the wonderful companies, over and lift and down the road airbnb will introduce investors to the sharing economy and the very large rideshare market. in the enterprise software space we have slack, highly anticipated next and software companies. you have to go back to 2012 when facebook introduced investors to the social media space. we have that great crop of's cloud software companies. thing about the ipo market that we observed over the years is that when you have a very constructed of equity inv

carol: why microsoft may remain the king of video games despite what apple and amazon try to do. his is bloomberg businessweek. ♪ carol: welcomecarol: back to bloomberg businessweek, and carol massar. jason: jason kelly. you can listen to us on these stations. carol: bill ford is one of the biggest names in private equity. he is the ceo of general atlantic. jason: he joined me for an exclusive interview. we talked about new york's trouble keeping amazon hq to -- hq 2. >> you have someone of a airbnbes, uber, lyft and will introduce investors to the large rideshare market. all of these are highly anticipated, next-generation software companies. you have to go back to 2012 when facebook went public and introduced investors to the social media space. , also, we had that great crop of cloud software companies. this is becoming a great year. when you have a very constructive equity market like we had over the last several these combining with markets, they are not too hot or too cold. they create the best conditions for a good ipo market. we have seen the levi strauss deal work. it set

carol: and while microsoft may remain king of video games the matter what google and apple try to do.is is bloomberg. ♪ carol: welcome back to "bloomberg businessweek." i'm carol massar. jason: and i'm jason kelly. you can listen to us on the radio. carol: i am 960 in the bay area. in london, on dab digital and of course on the bloomberg business app. belfort is one of the biggest names in private equity. he is the ceo of general atlantic. jason: he joined me for the exclusive interview bloomberg television. we talked about the troubled ipo market and amazon and hq two. toi think 2019 is setting up be the most exciting ipo year since 2012 for a couple reasons. they will introduce investors and you have on the crowd source, i highly anticipated next generation software companies. may in -- they introduced investors to the social media space. when you have a very market,tive equity combined with modern volatility, the market is not too hot, not too cold, really creates the best conditions for a good ipo market. we have seen levi strauss to work and we have a nice condition for the year.

king at all? welcome back to "bloomberg businessweek." i'm carol massar.n to us on sirius xm, 90 91 fm in washington, d.c., a m naik 60 in the bay area, and the bloomberg business up. no one skips fourth hour at swedish sportswear maker bjorn borg. we are talking about sports our. the company's's ceo has made fitness mandatory. it's a great story. >> he's a former swedish special forces sergeant who then set a record skiing to the north pole, became a business consultant sort of talking about the experience, and has sort of imposed what seems like a strict philosophy and what he calls framework onto his businesses, which is all about setting and achieving goals. it's not just about your work. it's about wellness overall and fitness is a part of that. bjorn borg is a fitness company so he really pushes this fitness to the extent that every friday morning the company shuts down and everybody in the company works out together. carol: wherever they are. there are a lot of management books out there. that are all these different philosophies. his it seems to be

kings of video games. jason: this is "bloomberg businessweek." carol: welcome back to "bloomberg businessweek."so listen to us on the radio on sirius xm channel 119, and on a.m. 1130 in new york, 106.1 in boston, 99.1 f.m. in washington, d.c. carol: a.m. 960 in the bay area, london on dab digital, and through the bloomberg business app. bill ford is one of the biggest names in private equity. jason: and he joined me for an exclusive interview. we talked about the ipo market and trouble keeping amazon's hq to. -- hq 2. >> 2019 is going to the most exciting ipo year since 2012. a number of companies introducing investors to the sharing economy and the very large rideshare market. on the enterprise software alle, it got talent tear, highly anticipated next-generation companies. you have to go all the way back to 2012 when facebook and public but also, we have a great crop of club software companies. setting up to be a great year. the other thing about the market that we have observed over the years is that when you have a very constructive equity market like we have had, combined with moderate vol

carol: you caught up with so many well-known names in the world of private equity, including joe barada at blackstone. jason: blackstone is the kingought it is the prince of-- barada is the prince private equity. he made his name doing big deals around more than entertainment. we talked -- merlin entertainment. with talked about that and what blackstone sees ahead. >> as we look at our portfolio, there are small pockets of weakness. maybe the auto in china and at some point in the u.s.\ hot housing is strong -- u.s. housing is strong, consumer spending seems to be strong. there is certainly a deceleration in topline growth. we are not seeing the telltale signs of a recession in the near-term. jason: europe is especially interesting, the people here, here, but- to people also to you. you did some of the seminal deals for blackstone. legoland, marvin entertainment -- merlin entertainment. you are instantly meet -- intimately knowledgeable about that market. how do you look at europe right now? >> the recovery of europe has been a bit of a disappointment in terms of the amount of economic growth. brings it was unforeseen and is an is

carol: jason, you caught up with so many well-known names in the world of private equity, including joe baratta over at blackstone. jason: blackstone, they are the kingbaratta is the prince of private equity in a lot of ways. everyone is gunning for them. he made his name doing big deals around merlin entertainment. that is how he got the job. we talked a little bit about that and what blackstone sees ahead. joe: as we look at our portfolio, there are small pockets of weakness. maybe the auto build in china and europe and at some point in the u.s. housing is strong, consumer spending seems to be strong, employment is strong. there is certainly a deceleration in topline growth. some of our companies we are seeing in the overall market, but we are not seeing the telltale signs of a recession in the near-term. jason: so europe is especially interesting, obviously to people here, but also to you. you made your bones in a lot of ways in london, you ran europe for blackstone, did some of the seminal deals for blackstone. legoland, madame tussauds, himlegoland, madame tussauds, -- putting it all together, merlin entertainment. you are intimately knowledgeab