Kara Murphy
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Kara Murphy is a member of Bain's Private Equity and Healthcare & Life Sciences practices and co-leads the firm's healthcare private equity team. She has worked at Bain since 2000.
She has led more than 175 healthcare private equity diligences and has worked extensively with private-equity backed portfolio companies. Her private equity work spans the healthcare value chain of med tech, pharma, providers, payers, services and IT.
Kara also has worked with corporate clients across the healthcare value chain on issues ranging from M&A to growth strategy to performance improvement.
Kara earned her MBA from Harvard Business School. She is also a graduate of Tufts University, where she received a Bachelor of Science in mathematics and quantitative economics.
Kara Murphy discusses how private equity and corporate investors can evaluate business opportunities and risks that these trends create.
Recent Insights
- “On the Rise: Healthcare Private Equity Midyear Update,” Infographic, agosto 2023
- “Takeaways from Bain's 2023 Global Healthcare Private Equity and M&A Report,” Webinar, aprile 2023
- “Welcome Letter: Healthcare Private Equity Is Down but Not Out,” Global Healthcare Private Equity and M&A Report, aprile 2023, Report
- “Healthcare Private Equity Market 2022: The Year in Review,” Global Healthcare Private Equity and M&A Report, aprile 2023, Report
- “Healthcare Private Equity in a Downturn,” Global Healthcare Private Equity and M&A Report, aprile 2023, Report
In the News
- “Down but not out: healthcare private equity deals reached nearly $90 billion in 2022, the industry’s second-biggest year on record,” Press release, aprile 2023
- “Healthcare private equity market shows resilience with second strongest year on record, despite economic and geopolitical disruptions—preview of Bain & Company analysis,” Press release, gennaio 2023
- “Megadeals are here to stay, and they’re redefining the healthcare landscape,” Press release, marzo 2022
- “Healthcare private equity buyouts posted record-setting volumes in 2020 after a year of unprecedented upheaval for global healthcare,” Press release, marzo 2021