+40 LBO Question - How is purchase price determined? 25 2y
0 Resources for an Inside Perspective on Private Equity 1 13y
0 Fortress Internship 13 13y
+36 LBO: Optional Debt Repayment 8 7y
+73 Mid-Market PE Fund Associate taking questions. 55 13y
0 KKR (Kohlberg Kravis Roberts) - Salary & Bonus - Investment Professional Data 13y
0 Credit P/E Fund 7 13y
0 HGGC - Salary & Bonus - N-A (Deal team not siloed) Data 13y
0 Bain Capital - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 13y
0 Sankaty Advisors - Salary & Bonus - Transportation Data 13y
0 Boyne Capital - Salary & Bonus - Business Development Data 13y
0 Quadrangle Group Interview 3 13y
+15 Elon Musk in Self-Driving Car Market 18 6y
+15 First Round's Dorm Fund 17 12y
0 PE Off-cycle Internships 2 13y
0 Asia Pacific Investment Partners - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 13y
+26 PE in Asia / HK 14 6y
+4 TPG Credit Management Changes Name to Castlelake 9 5y
+13 TPG "Funding Analyst" 4 10y
0 deleted 5 13y
+171 KKR PE straight out of undergrad vs top BB? 101 4y
0 Advice on breaking in from Corporate Development ? 3 6y
0 Bain Capital - Salary & Bonus - Consulting Data 13y
0 Centerline Capital Group - Salary & Bonus - Primary Servicing Data 13y
+56 The Most Outlandish Office Politics Story, Pt 2 43 11y
0 BC Partners 7 9y
0 PE Daily/Weekly Updates 5 13y
+31 How to determine if a company has good potential for acquisition? 10 13y
+11 Top 20 IBD groups for PE/HF exits 9 13y
0 Incentive over and above bonus at my firm 2 7y
0 Private Equity Opportunity -- Need Advice and Resources! 6 13y
0 Onex - Salary & Bonus - Onex Partners Data 13y
0 Brook Venture - Salary & Bonus - Brook Data 13y
0 Brook Venture - Salary & Bonus - Brook Data 13y
0 Brook Venture - Salary & Bonus - Brook Data 13y
+14 3i reputation 24 6y
0 The man who controls your beer, burger, and condiments. 5 13y
0 BIWS for PE recruiting? 4 13y
+12 Samwer Book 10 13y
+7 Jordan Company, Kelso 10 6y
+26 MIF first tier or MIF second tier + working in PE 13 6y
0 Energy Capital Partners - Salary & Bonus - Legal Data 13y
0 Niche Industry Group at a BB to Generalist PE? 4 13y
+53 Blackstone Strategic Partners - thoughts? 30 6y
+33 Networking dilemma - Good response rate 26 10y
0 Long Ridge Equity Partners 6 6y
+21 Specific PE 12 8y
0 PE Informal Recruiting 6 13y
+32 Ask me anything: Ex Banking Analyst in China + Incoming PE Analyst 20 6y
+3 JD/PHD - any career opportunity in PE? 4 6y
+86 Ask me anything: I'm a private equity associate in Canada 43 6y
+43 Deal experience for resume 21 9y
0 PE Associate compensation Europe 9 13y
0 From BB Finance to PE 4 13y
+17 Upper MM PE Hours 9 9y
0 Singapore Intern 5 6y
0 Cerberus Capital Management - Salary & Bonus - Real Estate Data 13y
+39 Why is pre-LBO debt relevant for LBO suitability? 20 12y
0 Patron Capital - Salary & Bonus - Private Equity Data 13y
0 HF's from a BB regional office? 3 13y
+7 securing an internship with connections 6 10y
0 Excel Course - Heading to MSB 4 10y
0 Three Ocean Partners 4 6y
+13 Pre-emptive hiring for PE? 1 13y
0 Technology 4 13y
0 Business Development exit opps 0 13y
+9 Private Equity Fundraising Firm vs BB PE fundraising group 3 12y
+28 U.S. PE Associate ==> Asia PE 27 6y
+2 Post Money Calculation 3 13y
0 Activist Hedge Fund and PE 5 10y
0 KKR (Kohlberg Kravis Roberts) - Salary & Bonus - Finance Data 13y
0 Samsung Open Innovation Center? 6 13y
0 LBO model assumptions 2 13y
0 LBO modeling question - IPO exit 5 13y
0 Megafund Growth Fund analyst/associate career prospect 4 6y
0 Change in Control or Retention Compensation Question 0 13y
0 New Fund - looking for industry comp info 0 13y
+19 Lev Fin -> PE in Asia 6 6y
+3 does Carlyle hire PE analyst like BX and KKR? 10 13y
0 Fidelity Bioscience 2 13y
0 Sterling Partners - Salary & Bonus - Private Equity Data 13y
+14 Complex Deal Structuring 5 13y
0 Model for private debt investing? 3 13y
+38 IFC -> MBA -> PE 29 5y
+1 Phila P/E Head Hunters 2 13y
+31 A good CFO 11 13y
0 Public Private Partnership Development Associate Career Path 0 13y
0 No idea where to put this - Consumer Debt Portfolios 5 13y
+6 Ever heard of Square 1 Bank Asset Management? 11 9y
+3 PE Origination Role 4 13y
+23 Post-MBA Senior Associate/VP Compensation 10 13y
0 Undergrad Business Accelerator - ADVICE NEEDED 4 6y
0 Capital Markets / Mezzanine Groups 3 12y
+6 Least Math-intensive Finance Career? 20 13y
+9 Administrative to Finance (ex. BX)?? 4 4y
0 Information about Oaktree 5 13y
+52 What is the most prestigious PE firm? 70 4y
+23 Break into PE from MM Lender? 11 13y
0 Leveraging PE SA for PE FT at competing firm? 6 13y
+2 You've got a PE job...now what? 3 13y

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  • Morgan Stanley 02 99.0%
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  • Goldman Sachs 01 97.9%
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