+17 Undergrad to Private Equity? 9 7y
+17 Calling All Intellectual Titans of Finance & Tech Nerds... 1 7y
0 Vista Equity Partners - Review - Generalist Data 7y
+9 Private Equity but with no carry 2 6y
+3 AUM or Fund Size per Investment Professional and Associate 1 7y
+308 Q&A: GS/MS IB Analyst —> Megafund PE Associate —> HBS/GSB Business School 100 4y
+34 IB SA --> FT PE -- Interview Timeline/Process during Summer 14 7y
+9 PE fund-specific performance 6 7y
+13 Private Equity vs Hedge Fund Performance 6 5y
+3 Family Office PE -Experience, hours, placement... 1 7y
+9 Anyone have experience on the IR side in a mid sized PE shop? 1 7y
0 Tencent - Review - Technology, Media and Telecom (TMT) Data 7y
0 Tencent - Salary & Bonus - Technology, Media and Telecom (TMT) Data 7y
+5 Tech buyout help 3 7y
+3 Biz Dev Comp? 1 7y
+17 Insights on Digital Bridge / Colony? 16 4y
0 GPB Capital Holdings LLC - Review - NA Data 7y
0 Alpine Investors - Interview - Private Equity Data 7y
0 GPB Capital Holdings LLC - Salary & Bonus - NA Data 7y
+53 Looking to acquire an SME, question about LBO model cases and level of risk in classic PE 19 6y
+23 Pre-asset Portfolio Company Equity Comp 3 7y
0 Partners Group - Review - Generalist Data 7y
0 Partners Group - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 7y
0 Partners Group - Review - Generalist Data 7y
0 Partners Group - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 7y
+13 Advisor Role - First Time Fund 4 7y
0 Samsung - Review - Quantitative Research Data 7y
0 Samsung - Salary & Bonus - Quantitative Research Data 7y
+21 Sample PE pitch deck? 7 5y
+11 New Fund IRR calculation and prediction 2 7y
+142 Can one get rid of a company's pensions during LBO? 41 4y
+12 LBO Model - Study Material 1 7y
+6 Book - LBO Model 1 7y
0 Highland Capital Management - Review - Generalist Data 7y
0 Highland Capital Management - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 7y
0 Morgan Stanley Smith Barney - Interview - Public Finance Data 7y
0 Ardian - Salary & Bonus - Investor Relations Data 7y
0 Ardian - Review - Private Equity Data 7y
0 Ardian - Salary & Bonus - Private Equity Data 7y
0 Ares Management Corporation - Review - Generalist Data 7y
0 Ares Management Corporation - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 7y
+12 Special situation as a potential intern... 1 7y
+6 Urgent- NFI-ODCE. 1 7y
+14 Investing across the Balance Sheet 4 7y
+43 Real Talk - do you think buy and build strategies work 8 7y
+4 Best reading materials for private debt / private lending? 3 7y
+3 Total Comp MD first year 1 7y
+24 Who are the top providers of ABLs? 7 7y
0 PJT Partners - Salary & Bonus - Restructuring Data 7y
+4 Doing On-Cycle Recruiting 1 Year Later 4 7y
+3 Will senior BD professionals share a bit about their background and experience working up the sourcing side? 1 7y
+147 Keeping Management Motivated Post-Exit 44 6y
+9 What are the hardest private equity interview questions you've ever heard? 3 7y
0 Senior associate - Salary & Bonus - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 7y
+3 2019 Macquarie Infrastructure & Real Assets (MIRA) Sophomore One-Day Event 1 7y
0 Prudential Capital Group - Review - Credit Risk Data 7y
0 Prudential Capital Group - Salary & Bonus - Credit Risk Data 7y
+12 Leaving Post-MBA Position 1 Year After Grad 1 6y
0 HOPU Jinghua (Beijing) Investment Consultancy Co., Ltd - Interview - Generalist Data 7y
+20 New PE Associate - should I help with fundraising? 6 4y
0 American Securities - Review - Generalist Data 7y
+6 sorry had to delete my post 1 7y
0 American Securities - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 7y
0 Prudential Capital Group - Review - Generalist Data 7y
0 Prudential Capital Group - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 7y
+3 PE Case Study Modeling 2 7y
+3 Private Equity Information Sessions 1 7y
0 Novacap - Review - Private Equity Data 7y
0 Novacap - Salary & Bonus - Private Equity Data 7y
+9 Good practices on how everything flows through between Balance Sheet and CFS? 1 7y
+4 One Rock Capital 2 3y
+50 PE associate comp 11 7y
0 Quantum Energy Partners - Salary & Bonus - Private Equity Data 7y
0 Bain Capital - Review - Generalist Data 7y
0 Bain Capital - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 7y
+25 How would you invest $100m in technology? 8 7y
+57 Family office versus traditional PE shop 14 7y
+3 Security Token Offerings list 3 7y
+6 Private Equity Deal with a Company 3 7y
+22 Drivers of Cash Flows? Assumptions? 5 6y
+4 In Person Background Check 3 7y
0 Carlyle Group - Salary & Bonus - Credit Data 7y
+3 Best book on Coca Cola 2 7y
+9 International Farming Corporation 1 7y
+19 Private Equity Secondaries - question on valuing stakes 2 7y
+12 Exit Incentive CRO MM Portfolio Company 1 7y
+3 Crescent Capital 3 5y
0 BlackRock - Review - Infrastructure Data 7y
0 BlackRock - Salary & Bonus - Infrastructure Data 7y
0 Norwest Venture Partners - Interview - Consumer - Retail Data 7y
+9 GS- Securities,- Private Capital 1 7y
0 Storm Venutes - Interview - NA Data 7y
+10 Seeking Biz Partner in Buying Profitable Companies Over $1MM EBITDA 1 7y
0 Eldridge Industries - Salary & Bonus - Corporate Finance Data 7y
0 Roark Capital Group - Review - NA Data 7y
+6 Questions about REPE 2 7y
0 Roark Capital Group - Salary & Bonus - NA Data 7y
+29 How you chose your (middle market) PE fund? 7 7y
+4 Work/Life Balance at Tier 2 Cities 3 6y
0 WL Ross and Co LLC - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 7y

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