Heidrick 2021 PE Comp Survey

Heidrick's annual North American PE compensation survey came out recently (link below).

Some of the numbers are mind-boggling. Crazy to think that the average Managing Partner at a $5bn fund has $100mn+ of carry dollars at work...on top of $3mn+ annual cash comp! The numbers for a Principal's carry dollars at work was surprisingly high.

Curious to hear from people in the industry - are these numbers skewed towards the upper end?

https://www.heidrick.com/en/insights/private-equi…

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