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How could people possibly know that unless they are 1 of the 10 analysts working there?
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Fair point -- Was just curious if any of you who happen to have experience in the HF world would be able to provide any rough guesses.
Safe to say it’s millions. But doesn’t really matter unless you work there. Be on a small team within a single manager shop with tons of AUM / head and contribute well to ideas, wait for a good year and you will be getting that too assuming lead PM wants to keep churn low / maintain reputation as a good person to work for.
Give this little monkey something to aspire to. Think big! Probably high six figure and good year like last, few million.
Again - there are what like maybe 100 truly elite single manager HFs (categorized as say $400-500mm of 2/20 money per investment analyst) seats out there? So best of luck reaching for stars through its not a farfetched story for someone with best banking, best PE experience to strive for. If anything, it's absurd that people in the PE forum have this grand illusion that you make it to PE principal and you suddenly have https://www.wallstreetoasis.com/forums/data-average-private-equity-comp…</a">$14mm+ of illiquid net worth in your left pocket but if you work at tip-top HF you can't make more than six figures because "you're easily replaceable" or "they will pay you the absolute minimum that you won't leave".
Can you expand, genuinely curious to hear a HF perspective.
To be fair, I think the HF sentiment is more tied to multi managers which churn and burn junior folks. But you're right--for the right kind of person (BB-->MF-->HBS), elite single manager gigs are certainly in play.
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