+3 CD&R 11 8y
0 Consulting to PE Operational Group/In-house Consulting 1 12y
0 PE Firm weird internship 10 12y
0 Staying on their radar 3 12y
0 GMAT instead of SAT on HH applications? 2 12y
0 Private equity "chat" 3 12y
0 Post MBA associate to PE FoF's / Secondaries? 1 11y
0 Best Megafund Groups 5 12y
0 Working at a Small Regional Office 2 6y
+21 Move into industry or stick to PE 5 6y
+27 List of PE firms in Singapore 23 6y
0 Franklin Square Capital Partners 6 11y
0 PE operating arm roles post consulting 0 6y
0 Downside market case for LBO debt 2 12y
0 PE search 2 6y
0 Typical package for companies' managers acquired by PE 5 12y
0 Masters of Accounting Degree (MACC) A way to break into PE, Hedge Funds, or IB? 5 12y
0 Recycling capital from distribution 0 12y
+127 Thinking like an Investor: The key financial metrics 40 6y
+20 Managment equity roll & promote - Cash-on-cash return & IRR 8 12y
0 Common in PE? 10 12y
+10 LBO Modeling Help! 2 12y
+84 PE and HF Headhunters 25 6y
+3 Nordic private equity compensation 1 2y
0 Do different recruiting firms talk to one another about specific candidates' fund preferences? 3 12y
+27 Circular references in LBO models 29 11y
0 Silver Lake (London) 4 6y
0 Could I still get into PE with this type of experience? 19 6y
0 Cocktail events - anyone gotten invites? 1 12y
0 earlyshares.com Anybody can provide any color? 1 12y
+7 Do you use your work e-mail for PE recruiting? 11 12y
0 Headhunters in Miami/South Florida? 2 6y
0 Deals for Private Equity Firms 0 12y
0 PE firms that invest in Russia/Eastern Europe 6 6y
0 Absolute Return Capital Advisors LLC - Salary & Bonus - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 12y
0 Edifice Capital - Salary & Bonus - Other Data 12y
0 Teachers Private Capital - Salary & Bonus - Technology, Media and Telecom (TMT) Data 12y
+1 Going public 1 12y
0 RDIF - Salary & Bonus - Other Data 12y
0 Light Beam Capital - Salary & Bonus - Technology, Media and Telecom (TMT) Data 12y
0 Anyone here from Actis, Abraaj, ADB, IFC, Standard Bank, or Investec willing to share their experience? 0 12y
0 merger vs LBO model 6 9y
0 Internationale Nederlanden Groep - Salary & Bonus - Real Estate Data 12y
+10 Factoring in dilution and stock options redemption costs in an LBO? 4 12y
0 Blackstone Group - Salary & Bonus - Real Estate Data 12y
0 Lightbank - Salary & Bonus - Information Technology (IT) Data 12y
+10 Petroleum Engineering to Energy Private Equity 3 12y
0 4C Ventures - Salary & Bonus - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 12y
0 Best GS Groups for PE recruiting 9 12y
0 Morgan Stanley - Salary & Bonus - Real Estate Data 12y
0 The Riverside Company - Salary & Bonus - US Fund Data 12y
0 First Reserve - Salary & Bonus - Leveraged Buyouts Data 12y
+13 LBO debt related quiz questions needing answers 5 6y
+7 Measuring reasonability of leverage and coverage ratios 0 12y
0 Bridge Financing 3 12y
+24 LBO deal: why use high yield debt? how are debt tranche splits arrived at? 7 12y
+6 Advice for targets 7 12y
0 KKR (Kohlberg Kravis Roberts) - Salary & Bonus - Legal Data 12y
+138 My PE Recruiting Process 42 6y
0 Carlyle Group - Salary & Bonus - Private Equity Data 12y
0 Kleiner Perkins Caufield Byers - Salary & Bonus - Venture Capital Data 12y
0 Distressed Real Asset Investors 2 12y
+20 LBO model: impact of raising entry an exit multiples on IRR 15 12y
0 Private Market Funds Valuations group/ Private Markets Fund Financial Reporting group-PE internship 0 12y
+13 Should Pension Funds invest in Private Equity? 5 6y
+5 KKR internship 10 12y
+2 KKR internship tasks 2 12y
+18 Poison Pill? 5 12y
0 Oaktree Capital Internship 0 6y
+21 Vinod Khosla Smack Down Letter to CBS on CleanTech 60 Minutes episode 4 6y
0 Headhunters in Boston? 12 3y
0 JRK Property Holdings - Salary & Bonus - Multifamily Data 12y
+53 Koch Industries - Equity Investment Group 22 3y
+20 Bonus for an Executive Assistant Position in Private Equity Firm - what to expect 5 10y
+4 Fashion company due diligence? 1 12y
0 Bain Capital - Salary & Bonus - NA Data 9y
0 Young Professionals: 8 Tips To Help You Succeed In Finance 0 12y
+12 Where do the post-MBA PE associates end up eventually? 17 12y
0 Prequin Private Equity Report 4 12y
0 Entry Level venture roles 2 12y
0 What boutique accounting firms... 8 12y
0 JRK Property Holdings - Salary & Bonus - Asset Management Data 12y
0 TPG Global - Salary & Bonus - Private Equity Data 12y
0 TPG Global - Salary & Bonus - Private Equity Data 12y
0 Help Request - Building a Market Map 1 12y
0 Apollo - Reputation? 5 10y
0 FT ER Associate vs. REPE Acquisitions Analyst 9 12y
0 MM private equity summer analyst 6 12y
+4 Apollo Headhunter 10 6y
0 Trivest Partners - Salary & Bonus - Investments Data 12y
0 KKR Summer Analyst? 1 12y
0 A bad time to network? 5 12y
0 Private Equity in Emerging Markets 19 12y
0 Alinda Capital Partners - Salary & Bonus - Investments Data 12y
0 Comp for 1st year PE associate in non-finance capital 10 6y
0 Pantheon Ventures - Salary & Bonus - Investments Data 12y
0 Why did KKR buy KFN? 0 12y
+25 Possible to Jump to PE as an experienced CPA 18 12y
+14 debt 101 11 12y
+6 Performance Equity Management 6 9y

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  • Goldman Sachs 01 97.9%
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