Megafund Tier-List

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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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.

 

It's not any time of year, go fuck off with this worthless exercise.

 

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