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You should ask in the VC forum too, just to cover all your bases

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threatlevelmidnightIt's been awhile, but last time I checked, there were 3,274 people working in private equity who make more than $500,000 per year. This equates to 23% of all professionals in private equity. Hope this helps!

That number is outdated, the number now is 5624.6

get up on your facts man

I didn't say it was your fault, I said I was blaming you.
 
HerSerendipityPretty much every junior VP/senior associate I know makes at least 500k every year (unless you really messed a deal).
Wow, that's pretty impressive. A Senior Associate is a post MBA associate? Or the next promotion after that? At what level does comp generally plateau for most people? 1MM?
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