<ul><li>It's 'really hard' to be a public company right now, according to Peter Singlehurst, a senior Baillie Gifford fund manager.</li><li>Public companies face reporting requirements and shareholders with different interests.</li><li>Staying private for longer allows companies to build a better business, Singlehurst suggests.</li><li>Baillie Gifford's investments in private companies include stakes in ByteDance, Epic Games, FlixBus, Stripe, and SpaceX.</li></ul>

It's 'really hard' to be a public company right now, a senior fund manager says

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