Private Equity Forum

+17	Private Equity Case Study: Dell Technologies	6	1d
0	Started at a bad fund…	1	11m
+13	Unpaid PE MBA Senior Associate Internship	5	14m
0	Wharton MBA for PE in Europe	3	28m
+11	Greenbriar Insight	10	32m
+70	WLB, pay and opportunities at International Finance Corporation (IFC)	33	41m
+8	Interesting Funds?	9	1h
+3	London Blackstone SA 2025 - Different Groups	1	1h
+9	Why is Steve Schwarzman still CEO	11	1h

+9	Chemicals PE Space	5	1h
+14	Sweet Equity	10	1h
+12	What deep value or distressed PE funds go on-cycle?	16	1h
+3	Bridgepoint London	18	2h
+9	Cold networking with buyside headhunters	1	2h
+18	Which Opportunity?	0	2h
+68	Is it dumb to exit to LMM PE rather than starting in bigger (MF/UMM) opportunities first?	36	3h
+12	Reneging in tight-knit ecosystem	4	3h
+6	PE Case Study - Any Advice?	0	3h
+9	How important is MF vs UMM vs MM for raising your own fund in the future.	6	4h
+6	MF PE Moving to Asia Office	2	7h
+267	HIG in 2024	95	8h
+3	Looking for PE case studies -- anybody willing to share?	10	8h
+7	FT PB vs PE IR ?	6	9h
+21	PE HH Intro Calls Starting	20	9h

+3,004	8 years old with no finance experience, too late to get into PE?	113	9h
0	TCV - reputation in 2024?	2	10h
+26	PE with the most difficult model tests	136	11h
+6	Disclose Name of New Firm?	1	11h
+17	Carlyle Private Credit	11	12h
0	REPE recruiting strong this year?	2	12h
+121	Sr Asso / VP Unemployment Check-in	72	13h
+17	Warburg Pincus 2025 FT Analyst Process	35	14h
+5	Stepstone case round	9	14h
+21	Thoughts on Bain Capital and Warburg Pincus special sits groups?	12	14h
0	Long Ridge Equity Partners - Updated 2024 Info?	0	15h
+35	PE / IB in NYC from Cambridge compared to US colleges	31	15h
+26	Would my background make me a good fit for Infra PE?	9	16h
+11	Leaving early for PE?	8	17h
0	BX & BXG Recruiting 2025	3	17h
+3	Shamrock Capital	1	17h
0	Minority Investors PE	4	17h
+3	Hg genesis vs PSG equity	15	18h
+3	Paper LBO short cuts?	1	18h
0	Bridgepoint?	9	18h
+14	LBO PE Model Test	2	18h
+50	Framed at work on purpose to fire me	32	19h
+50	What's a common way to structure small business investment?	23	20h
+6	Firms That Aren't 2 and Out	6	20h
+4	PE Pay Across Canada	8	20h
+3	26North?	8	22h
+10	Apollo Opportunistic Credit	11	22h
+78	LMM Folks: Have you seen an attractive business model where you said "that's so easy that I could start that business today"?	39	22h
+14	Cinven Interview -- Case Study Advice	10	22h
+188	Is MF IR becoming a front office role?	93	23h
+17	unsolicited advice for where to make a lot of money	6	23h
+6	best career path to enter the private equity industry	1	1d
+8	Top Dallas buyout PE non OG	14	1d
+52	Neuberger Berman (NB) - my experience/overview	19	1d
0	Sports PE/IB Headhunters	2	1d
0	apollo management	3	1d
+99	Search funds: "like shooting fish in a barrel" (from ex-F100 CEO)	31	1d
+6	Cinven interview insights	13	1d
0	target schools	3	1d
+34	bx tacopps or kkr infrastructure/special sits	22	1d
+10	PE associate interview prep/mock buddies?	19	1d
+16	Lone Star Funds / Hudson Advisors 2023	22	1d
0	Is it okay to take time in Interview?	2	1d
0	Undergrad to MF PE route	3	1d
+6	PE IR?	3	1d
0	PE IR vs IB	3	1d
+10	PE IR interview prep/process	3	1d
+28	How do you deal with Head Hunters?	14	1d
+3	Insurance portfolio management at Apollo/BX/KKR/Brookfield Salary?	0	1d
+4	Macquarie Private Credit	8	1d
+61	Family Offices vs MFs	48	1d
+11	Difference between Infra PE vs traditional pe modelling	5	1d
+4	NYC budget / neighborhoods for PE Associate	3	1d
0	Value PE --> Growth Equity	1	1d
+14	SWF (GIC, Temasek, Mubadala) in NY	11	1d
0	Seeking Advice: starting a family office	1	1d
+12	Real Estate MegaFund Vs. Traditional PE	7	1d
+24	Resume Gap after 2.5 Years in PE	6	1d
+15	Final Round Interview With Group Head - Confirmation Interview?	5	1d
+9	Legit company?	5	1d
+3	On Cycle 2026	9	1d
+4	Insight Partners vs. Summit Partners	16	1d
+14	How To Leverage Independent Deal Experience As An Undergrad	7	1d
+321	My (successful) experience with on-cycle this year	71	1d
0	Real Estate PE SA to IB / Corp PE FT	1	1d
+28	Arsenal Capital Partners - 2023 Insights	16	1d
0	We are considering an investment in….	1	1d
+12	Rejected but want to reach back out to HM, context in post	2	2d
+9	Independant PE sponsor associate seeking advice for jobsearch	1	2d
+192	Rent as a PE associate	92	2d
+24	MS and GS Private Credit Insights?	17	2d
+14	PE IR Exit Ops	5	2d
0	LP to PE IR or Placement Agent	1	2d
+18	Advent NYC Culture/WLB - 2024 update	15	2d
+26	Associate Pay at UAE SWFs	56	2d
+10	PIMCO Alt Credit 2025 SA	29	2d

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+4,260	Bank of America - Juniors Strike to start Monday May 6th	IB	461	5d
+992	Leo Lukenas was his name. Fundraiser for His Family is Here. (Bank of America Associate that passed away)	IB	94	2d
+905	BOFA ALREADY TRYING TO COVER UP THEIR TRACKS	IB	98	1w
+646	This is a dark day for Wall Street.	IB	46	2w
+611	BofA Associate Death - WSJ, FT, CNBC, Bloomberg	IB	59	1w
+521	I've been using WSO for 5+ years and I think the anti-diversity rhetoric has gotten so much worse	OFF	100	2d
+391	What to expect during your IB summer internship and how to secure the full-time offer	IB	23	4d
+328	Looking to raise a Billion Dollar Fund - College Junior	IB	45	4d
+305	PJT Addresses BoFA Aso Death	IB	57	5d
+266	How to strike without being fired.	IB	26	1w

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