How does career come differ at sponsors who’ve gone public? The public owns some of the gp so obviously carry and mgmt fees are shared but you also have permanent capital. Do people actually see lower comp / carry allocations?
Obviously people who took it private benefit from making multiples on their gp shares and presumably the firm was growing faster. But outside of thr one time gain when you go public, is there a difference
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