---
id: "claim-super-performer-moic"
type: "claim"
source_timestamps: ["¶4"]
tags: ["private-equity", "performance-metrics", "statistics"]
related: ["concept-super-performer-cohort", "prereq-moic"]
confidence: "high"
testable: true
speakers: ["Samantha Allison", "Taavo Godtfredsen", "Nada Hashmi"]
sources: ["tail2"]
sourceVaultSlug: "hbr-seg-tail2"
originDay: 2
articleStem: "hbr-tail-121-best-pe-backed-ceos"
sourceUrl: "https://hbr.org/2026/04/what-the-best-private-equity-backed-ceos-do-differently"
sourceTitle: "What the Best Private Equity-Backed CEOs Do Differently"
---
# Super-Performer MOIC Outperformance

**Claim:** A specific cohort of **53 'super-performer' CEOs** led businesses that generated, on average, a **6.2x multiple on invested capital (MOIC)** — **more than double the typical industry target.** (For the metric itself, see [[prereq-moic]]; for the cohort, [[concept-super-performer-cohort]].)

**Confidence: high · Testable: yes.**

**External validation (enrichment):** Multiple summaries of the HBR article and the book [[entity-the-5x-ceo]] repeat the identical result — '53 CEOs ... 6.2x MOIC ... more than double the typical industry target.' Recent PE benchmarks (Bain, PitchBook, Cambridge Associates) commonly cite **2.0–2.5x MOIC** as a typical target/realized outcome over a 4–6 year hold, which makes 6.2x credibly more than double 'typical.' **Assessment:** well supported as an *internal finding* of this research program; treat as study-specific, not an industry-wide average.