+29 Why don't you send dynamic model to co-investors 18 4y
+15 Doing Mailroom Bitchwork at a PE firm 7 4y
+15 What Debt to Equity Percentages Do You Actually See In PE? 10 4y
+40 How do PE Salaries Work? Are they as high as people claim? 13 4y
+11 Majority Acquisition + Injection of Growth Capital Question 7 4y
+50 Carlyle, TPG, Apollo 2021 PE Analyst Programs? 49 4y
+9 PE Ops or Investment Associate role? 1 4y
+2 How many deals do you close a year? 7 4y
+4 What are some good public LBO candidates? 7 4y
+5 Does Private Equity secondaries refer to LP positions or PortCos? Or Both? 4 4y
+3 Post-MBA IB Associate to MM PE 2 4y
+31 Co-invest / Secondary vs PE? 11 4y
+20 PE Co-Investment Analysis 6 4y
+197 Female wage gap in PE 69 4y
+3 Portfolio management role exit opportunities? 1 4y
+4 Cerberus Email Format? 7 4y
+4 Cantor Fitzgerald IB or BBH PE (SA 2023) 1 4y
+4 Partner going to space / craziest partner hobbies? 5 4y
+3 BeyondNetZero 1 4y
0 Accel-KKR FT 3 4y
+3 Top heavy PE firms? 3 4y
+13 TPG Growth SF in Internet, Digital Media, and Communications (Summer Associate 2023) 5 4y
+47 How to boost energy levels in general 24 4y
+19 Is This True: PE/IB Firms Ask Your for Your SAT Scores? 37 4y
+14 How to spin a career move 5 4y
+15 Making friends as a busy PE professional in a new city 9 4y
+41 Five Elms Capital - Reputation, Comp, Exit opps, etc? 28 4y
+3 MF Credit - what next? 1 4y
+17 PEI 300 4 4y
+6 Would you choose MFPE US vs London? 1 4y
+3 AGC Equity Partners 2 4y
+169 Why are you (still) in PE? 80 4y
+10 Breaking into PE 3 4y
+11 Should I leave VC for a fast-growing scaleup? 3 4y
+3 Makena Capital ? Thoughts ? 2 4y
+16 Work From Home PE Firms 17 4y
+8 Platinum Equity Culture/Comp/Performance 6 4y
+11 MBB or IR PE 5 4y
+29 Reputation of Advent / Charlesbank / Berkshire & other Boston firms 30 4y
+32 PE Outlook over the next decade 12 4y
+8 Niche PE 5 4y
+21 Lateral move from MM to MF (London) 25 4y
+8 Structured Equity Primer? 3 4y
+122 How many target kids go straight to MF PE? 52 4y
+6 Attempting to Secure Internship for Next Year 1 4y
+3 Advice on GE compared to PE 1 4y
+13 Can’t sleep from work stress 8 4y
+31 Stay at EB vs. Move to MF 20 4y
+9 What exactly is this role?? 5 4y
+22 Career in Investor Relations for a MF 9 4y
+19 Customer analysis methodology 6 4y
+14 Move from City law into Private Equity (London) 3 4y
+7 PE Analyst program EU 19 4y
+11 How do net/gross PE returns and hurdle rates work? 3 4y
+24 GI Partners in 2020 17 4y
+10 MM PE SA 2023 Concerns 6 4y
+3 PE Firms that use mental tests to recruit full-time? 1 4y
+19 What comes after PE/VC? 6 4y
+9 Modelling Case Studies - Working through the material 2 4y
0 2022 analyst comp poll! 2 4y
+4 Co-invest for PE associates 1 4y
+6 UMM PE ops role interview format + prep 1 4y
+7 Ask Recruiters about Comp? 6 4y
+9 Is it a smart move to do my last internship in PE - Funds of Funds in New York ? 3 4y
+58 Associate complaint thread 24 4y
+13 How easy is it to internally transfer at Ares Management? 6 4y
+6 Case Study/Assignment and Stage of Career 3 4y
+64 I think I found paradise 38 4y
+92 CorpDev to PE prospects - creating a long-term map / success stories 30 4y
+13 Analyst in MO/BO at MF (BX, KKR, APO) 9 4y
+9 Morgan Stanley Alternative Investment Partners 3 4y
+5 Lateral from LMM to MM 3 4y
+6 Good resources for REPE and PE Infra 1 4y
+5 What type of investors comprise the majority of LPs? 3 4y
+3 Switching to a different industry in PE 1 4y
+6 What to do with spare year after bachelor? 1 4y
0 Jdndjdjdjdjdndnd 4 4y
+6 Thoughts on H&F 6 4y
+29 How is data science used in deal sourcing? 12 4y
+2 Charlesbank Capital Partners - Thoughts? 9 4y
+6 Hg Capital in U.S. 2 4y
+8 Post-MBA recruiting after 3 YOE 2 4y
+12 Any info on Sami Mnaymneh 19 4y
+3 What is diversity? 1 4y
+6 Secondaries and PCA Deal Speed 11 4y
+5 Top Healthcare Growth Investing Firms? 8 4y
+6 L&D for PE Associate 0 4y
+3 Networking for a PE job instead of doing on-cycle? 1 4y
+4 What is GA's WFH policy? 1 4y
+32 MM Direct Lending to Credit HF or MF Credit 43 4y
+24 Growth equity to Buy out? 6 4y
+3 Insight partners SA 2023 deadline 1 4y
+3 PE Associate Training 1 4y
+3 What do Data Tests as part of the PE process consist of? 1 4y
+17 Today a company is worth $100m, it has $80m of debt and $20m of equity. Next year, the Company is worth $200m. How much are the debt and equity worth then? 6 4y
+158 Q&A: Principal in UMM PE 157 4y
+25 Leaving medicine for MBA, PE 17 4y
+11 Investor Relations at different firms 6 4y
+87 Car as a PE Associate 54 4y
+3 Guidance on speaking to HH in London - How specific? 1 4y

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