+6 Canadian PE shops 22 6y
0 walton st capital 2 19y
0 Career path - Where does MBA factor in? 0 10y
0 Iridium Partners 0 19y
0 Recruiting timeline? 2 19y
+11 MDP - Firms comparison by size and prestige? 7 10y
0 CRT Capital Holdings LLC 1 19y
0 Private Equity Valuation Models 10 19y
0 Any benefit at junior levels from Blackstone IPO? 3 19y
0 Goldman Sachs PE internship? 17 19y
0 What it takes (requirements) to attain a position at Blackstone/Carlyle 1 19y
+4 Carlyle vs Goldman Out of Undergrad? 12 19y
0 How many billion dollar PE shops are out there? 4 19y
0 Quadrangle Group: more information, insights? 5 11y
0 Portfolio Company Operations 10 15y
+9 Clayton, Dubilier & Rice 19 6y
0 Texas Pacific Group 13 6y
+32 Leonard Green & Partners 31 9y
0 what do associates/analysts do? 6 19y
0 Blackstone-analyst position 6 6y
+18 how hard is it to move from dcm/ecm to pe? 13 18y
+35 Middle-Market PE 57 1mo
0 Head of Blackstone (Schwarzman) biography? 8 19y
0 Private Equity Business Model 3 19y
0 Paul Capital? 3 18y
0 Comp - Second year in middle market fund 20 10y
0 Interview Help - Position out of undergrad 3 19y
0 Private Equity London 11 6y
+16 Private Equity Training 12 6y
0 IB PE Post-MBA Associate or Tier 1 PE firm Pre-MBA associate 4 19y
0 work for ib pe arm as an associate? 3 19y
0 Hilarious - Experience is interesting 7 10y
0 LFG/FSG --> PE 6 19y
0 Fund of Funds - Compensation? 0 10y
0 What shot do i have - UT Austin with a 3.9 GPA 3 10y
0 Interview with KKR/Capstone 6 19y
0 What chance do I have 4 6y
0 Metalmark Capital... 2 19y
0 Take the money?? 3 6y
0 Anybody heard of Cervantes Capital or can comment on it? 2 6y
0 PE Signing Bonus 1 19y
0 anybody want a doostang invite - I'll send you one 11 10y
+18 Blackstone, Equity Office bonds & strategies 6 19y
0 What is top pay 4 19y
0 Equity Research - Typical comp and hours? 13 10y
0 JC Flowers 9 8y
0 Blackstone - UG Summer Intern 14 19y
0 VantagePoint Venture Partners 2 19y
0 Does anyone have suggestions on how to research some of the lesser known PE firms - middle market. 5 19y
0 Newbridge Capital -- thoughts? 1 19y
0 Morgan Stanley's $8Bn RE Opp fund 1 19y
0 Private equity interview guide questions 11 19y
0 I am seeking to meet people within a mid-size PE fund that is looking to add experienced bankers 6 19y
0 Different PE firms, what do people think of them? Have you worked at any of these? 1 19y
0 Seeking PE Analyst position w/o a finance background? 6 3y
0 PE Pay 54 19y
0 MBO V.S. LBO 5 19y
+7 Financial Engineering and PE 11 19y
0 quality of life - investment banking vs. pe 14 19y
+9 Are there summer internships in PE? 32 9y
0 Why Private Equity Matters 0 6y
+55 Private Equity in a Nutshell 50 10y

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