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Is this for vp level? And do you have any idea on how it scales at the principal level at umm funds?

And thanks for sharing the data points

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I imagine the BX/APO and tech (SL, Thoma Bravo etc) principals fit the $10-25m range, that's what the math works out to assuming 20-30bps or so on a few $15bn+ funds. Triple it for the partner level (?) but that'll be like a decade down the line to actually realize carry. Maybe you'll be 40-45...

 

If anything, you may get less on a percentage basis at larger shops because there are just so many mouths to feed. Say it's an investment team of 40 with 10 MDs... that's a lot of economics flowing to the top. But as a VP, you'll still expect to see a solid dollar amount at the end of the day because of the fund size. Go down market, and maybe your whole investment team is only 10 people with only a couple co-founders at the MD level. They'll take the bulk of the economics, sure, but you might get a larger percentage of the carry - but a larger percentage of a much smaller fund.

 

Thanks, got it. Ultimately, is it fair to assume that to some degree Carry (in percentage) is also somewhat backsolved into what it means in $$ for a certain seniority? Appreciate there is still a gap of [10-50%] between MF and (U)MM but at the end of the day if in a MF you’d earn 5x more, wouldn’t there be a natural brain drain in the MM space?

 
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