+3 DEL 1 7mo
+31 Why I’m ditching Vanilla PE for Restructuring (RX) 18 7mo
+6 Inflexion 4.5bn fundraise 9 7mo
+53 Do you trust the people at your fund? 28 7mo
+22 Tough PE Lateral Market At VP Level So Far In 2026? 17 3mo
+2 Website 10x Multiple legit? 3 7mo
+46 Is it still worth to go from MBB to PE? 23 7mo
0 Commonfund - Interview - Secondaries Data 7mo
+28 Multi-disciplinary Career Tracks / Multiple Roles 5 2mo
+2 Value of international MFPE 2 7mo
+5 KKR Closes Record $23 Billion North America Private-Equity Fund, Its Largest Ever 3 7mo
0 AEA model test 1 7mo
+3 Updated views on GTCR in 2026? 1 7mo
+7 Help: what to expect in 2x 45min interviews (MM fund) 2 7mo
+25 Help Me Decide Offers - PE vs HF 5 7mo
+147 Annual HBS vs Wharton Debate 52 3w
+16 How to decide if I should do on-cycle? 6 7mo
+21 Onex Partners 15 4mo
+32 Headhunter Calls for Upcoming On Cycle (Current College Senior) 12 7mo
0 Whitehorse Liquidity Partners - Interview - Secondaries Data 7mo
0 Centerbridge Partners - Review - Accounting Data 7mo
+3 Ares Analyst Modeling Test 1 7mo
+8 Odyssey Investment Partners in 2026 6 5mo
+3 delete 1 7mo
0 Insurance 0 7mo
+18 Managing a Terminal Zero 5 7mo
0 Co-invest Comp London 1 7mo
0 PE Product/Sales all-in comp 0 7mo
0 Lazard PCA Primaries Off-Cycle (London) 1 7mo
+28 Deleted 17 6mo
0 Capri Capital Partners - Interview - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 7mo
+9 Private Markets Rotational Program (FoF PE / REPE / Alt Credit) – Realistic Exit Opps 1 7mo
+9 Immediate Start PE Process (Lateral) 6 7mo
+2 Super day follow up 1 7mo
+13 Ranking new services PE firms 7 14h
0 Apollo 2026 treasury and business management intern 0 7mo
0 HOPU Jinghua (Beijing) Investment Consultancy Co., Ltd - Interview - Private Equity Data 7mo
+9 Large cap PE buyout (Asia) vs. Large cap Fund special sits /structured equity (London / NY) 3 7mo
0 Thompson Street Capital 0 7mo
0 Is the Middle Eastern Conflict Killing Deals? 1 7mo
+11 MO at Top Credit Fund → LevFin IB at MM Bank….Worth the Lateral? 4 7mo
0 Redxc 1 7mo
+3 BREIT 3 7mo
+57 If you want to own a business, is PE the right path? 16 7mo
+67 Making sacrifices in geography for career? Dating woes? 37 6mo
0 Actis - Salary & Bonus - Private Equity Data 7mo
0 Actis - Review - Private Equity Data 7mo
+3 Permira 0 7mo
+26 Headhunters / Oncycle 2028 19 5mo
+6 What ever happened to 3G? 7 7mo
0 Main Capital Partners 0 7mo
0 HarbourVest - Interview - Secondaries Data 7mo
+6 Curious how larger family offices organize / asset manage their investments with 50+ investments? 2 7mo
0 Thoughts on FTV Capital? 3 6mo
+28 Top Infra PE 36 2mo
0 Canadian Pension-Capital Markets Comp 1 7mo
+6 Lateral PE process timeline 3 7mo
+3 KKR Insurance Solutions 0 7mo
+9 PE vs. Operating 3 7mo
0 looking for private equity tutor 2 7mo
0 NewSpring Capital - Review - Generalist Data 7mo
0 Shell Oil Company - Review - Venture Capital Data 7mo
0 Shell Oil Company - Salary & Bonus - NA Data 7mo
+12 Moving from Fund Investing to IR at a Global Mega Fund 1 7mo
+9 EY-P D2 (Tech/Software PE Value Creation) vs Strategy& Manager — lateral move rationale? 1 7mo
0 Warburg 2027 FT Analyst Program 2 7mo
0 GPA needed for Blackstone PE 1 7mo
+8 ERA Partners 4 1mo
+11 AI for Finance 12 3mo
+6 Carta for PE? 2 7mo
+24 Is a lateral necessary for PE recruitment? 3 7mo
+9 Resume Deals for LP/Co-Invest Experience 5 6mo
+1 LBO Model Help 4 7mo
0 Kainos Capital in Dallas? 0 7mo
0 JLL Partners - Interview - Private Equity Data 7mo
0 Francisco Partners in 2026 2 4mo
+3 How to prepare for PC Internship Interview? 3 7mo
+25 Is Carlyle like the UBS of PE? 15 7mo
+33 Is FP really not screwed? 23 7mo
0 Traditional PE / Infrastructure PE recruiting firms 1 7mo
0 CVC Blackstone London HH 1 7mo
+1 Why isn’t Partners Group a MF? 1 7mo
+5 How often are you guys ACTUALLY doing deals? 14 7mo
0 Career Advice IR/BO > BO/FO > IR/BO 1 7mo
+6 Partners Group London Opinion 10 4mo
+21 Recently joined MF - no ai? wtf 19 7mo
+40 Life as IB Analyst vs. PE Associate 12 7mo
0 Blackstone Real Estate Core Plus Shareholder Relations 0 7mo
+1 IB Copilot AI –– AI Financial Analysis for Investment Banking and Private Equity 1 7mo
+44 Promising AI Finance Start up Or Stay Put at my UMM 37 2mo
0 Private Equity Case Studies 1 7mo
+6 GIP London 3 3mo
0 Oaktree Capital London 3 6mo
0 PCA Interview help 1 7mo
0 Thoma Bravo - Interview - Generalist Data 7mo
0 StepStone Group - Interview - Venture Capital Data 7mo
+15 Mainland European Languages for US vs European UMM/MF PE Firms in London? 1 7mo
0 Houston Exits 1 7mo
+83 How cooked is tech PE? 51 2mo
0 Falfurrias Capital Partners - Interview - Generalist Data 7mo

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  • Guggenheim Partners 02 97.9%
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Overall Employee Satisfaction

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  • Morgan Stanley 02 99.0%
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  • BMO Capital Markets 13 97.4%

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  • Goldman Sachs 01 97.9%
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