It's that time of the year again... am curious to see where everyone thinks the megafunds stack up in terms of prestige. The funds that I am considering megafunds are the following (having raised >$15B for a PE fund): BX, KKR, Apollo, Carlyle, TPG, CD&R, WP, Advent, TA, Bain, H&F, SL, Vista, TB, Permira, CVC, EQT, Apax. Add your tier lists to the comments!
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My spidey senses tell me you will not be working at one of these
lmao
I am going to one for FT lol - trying to decide which shops to target for on-cycle. Anyways, my spidey senses tell me you should probably be doing mindless bitch work for someone else right now, banker.
You’re literally an student and you’re joining a PE fund as analyst where you’ll be doing nothing but mindless bitch work for 2 years and won’t make A2A.
I did banking and am assc at one of the largest of the above funds and my spidey senses tell me I do just as much mindless bitch work for someone else now as I did before
Something tells me as an analyst you may be doing even more
TA is an amazing shop but doesn't belong on this list given growth focus / average TEV of deal.
Honestly, this kind of thing can only make you and others unhappy.
It's not any time of year, go fuck off with this worthless exercise.
1. My fund
2. Everyone else
Sorry but I have to disagree
1. The fund for which I just received an offer
-----------[anything below is peasant tier]-----------
2. Your fund
3. Everyone else
I saw some prestige the other day and Im really horny now…..
Bump
i fucking love prestige
A tier:
Advent, Apax, Apollo
B tier:
Bain, BX
C tier:
Carlyle, CD&R, CVC
Everything else tier:
EQT, H&F, KKR, Permira, SL, TA, TB, TPG, Vista
Why even bother tier:
WP
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