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Some questions below:
1) What are the exits of former people at aKKR?
2) Would you consider joining them over any MF?
3) What is work life balance there? Is it known for being a sweat shop or does it actually have a cool culture? Have heard lots that it is a sweat shop but also heard that it has improved alot
4) What is the perception in the market? I have landed an offer there and I am seriously considering joining them
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You have an offer?
From what I can gather AKKR is considered a very sweaty shop, but pretty well respected. They have had stellar returns and from someone I talked to who worked with them on a process, they seemed to have really tight relationships with portcos and take the operational stuff pretty seriously (also the associates were pretty hands on as well). Other threads have stated that they split associates into all sourcing or all execution as another data point.
1) Not sure, hopefully someone else or LinkedIn can answer.
2) Depends, I would personally prefer them over some MFs, but its more because I'm very open to growth roles as well. If you're looking for the B-school or prestige of a MF, AKKR wont have that (unless someone confuses it with KKR lol). However, if you're looking to see the insides of a good/top decile shop where associates are offered serious learning opportunities, this is more your speed.
3) Known for being pretty sweaty. Cant personally speak to that though. (see disclaimer below XD)
4) Perception is quite strong. Well-respected investors out of Menlo for those "in the know". They will fly under the radar compared to other "prestigious" funds like BX/KKR/Apollo/WP....
Intern here, so take my answers with a grain of salt. Interned at one of the west coast BBs in tech and talked to analysts a bit about diff PE shops, so that's my source for a lot of this.
Incredibly helpful - thank you!
Thank you and this is so helpful! I am currently going through the internship program interview process, would you mind I DM you?
I am also about to start this process, what does it look like for you so far?
Congrats - is your offer to be a sourcing or execution associate?
Might be stale but known to be smart investors, sweaty, and underpaid.
Interviewed there several years ago. Wasn't a good fit, seemed like cold calling for deals all day long. I think they have good returns, but it didn't seem like a particularly enjoyable place to work.
Congrats on the offer, have heard their interviews can be pretty tough. My take is they are a decent middle market shop, trying to go a bit more upstream. They have decent relationships with some larger tech focused funds (TA). One associate I spoke with said they were one of the first funds to emphasize the Rule of 40, but lean a bit more on the growth side.
Have heard a lot of their associates spend time sourcing, would confirm this with current associates there if you are worried about that. Think the work life balance is decent, know of a few that definitely prefer it to banking. Unsure if associates really get to spend time with portcos. Other random thing I’ve noticed is they tend to hire a lot of former student athletes, if that means anything to you.
Ultimately think they are a respected shop and should be excited about the offer, but they probably aren’t the top tier (not just referring to mega fund etc)
Only caveat is associate pay is what a first year EB analyst makes
on the same note, anyone has insights on aWarburg Pincus and aCarlyle and aCVC? Maybe aGoldmanSachs and aGormanStaley?
Heard base/bonus was bumped? Can anyone confirm?
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