+14 MBB ---> PE Megafund - what's the gameplan? 3 6y
0 TPG Specialty Finance - San Fran? 0 6y
0 Let's make a deal 5 6y
+13 Should Pension Funds invest in Private Equity? 5 6y
0 Moving Compensation 5 6y
0 Inside scoop on career opportunities in Denver/Boulder area in Colorado 12 6y
0 Ebola.com sold for $200K 1 6y
+21 How do you know if you're truly interested in tech? 7 6y
0 Analyst position out of UG - 125MM AUM firm in Cali - Exit Opps/Comp? 0 6y
+213 Life after PE - the other road 41 6y
0 Private Debt Fund Internships - Startdate ASAP 0 6y
+31 Square's IPO: Silicon Valley Finance meets Wall Street 8 6y
+51 Denver Private Equity 48 6y
+6 Boulder, CO - Grey Mountain Partners 8 6y
0 Unreasonable? 0 6y
+18 PE perks 17 6y
0 MM Analyst After 1 Year - Experienced Analysts (IB & PE/GE) Advice Needed (desperately) 0 6y
+86 Uber last 3.5B$ Raise - Debt disguised as Equity? (Technical Disc.) 29 6y
+82 Cracks in the PE Bubble Beginning to Show? 52 6y
+15 Non-GS/MS/Q/JPM BB tech group placement for SF PE? 7 6y
0 Treasury at a PE Shop 0 6y
+22 Los Angeles Private Equity/Family Office Scene 18 6y
+13 Internship at a small Venture Fund in SV - Salary? 6 6y
+32 Just joined WSO and looking to get into PE 9 6y
0 Sexual Harassment Issues in Silicon Valley 2 6y
0 Family Office Introductions-how hard is it? 3 6y
+151 Would you live here for $200k? 60 6y
+22 Private Equity/Hedge Funds based in Seattle? 10 6y
0 Any info on Alpine Investors? 5 6y
0 Tarsadia Investments 0 6y
+27 Venture Lenders/ Venture Debt/ BDC (Business Development Company) 2 6y
+12 West Coast Associate Candidate Social Hour Dress Code 1 6y
+39 Traditional MM PE Associate role or Partner in a new Fund? 5 6y
+21 Funding in the Cannibis Industry 3 6y
+12 Moving from PE to Product Management 1 6y
+91 HF to PE post-MBA - my story and seeking advice (long-time poster)! 9 6y
+42 Process of PE Recruiting for MBB 6 6y
+41 LMM PE Opportunity: Do I take it?! 8 6y
+15 VP Carry - I thought this should be standard? 3 6y
+9 Capital Markets Internship Opportunity @ PERE Top 50 in Bay Area 1 6y
+3 Agriculture Focused Private Equity Models 1 6y
+18 Main Post Partners Job Posting 1 6y
+4 Work/Life Balance at Tier 2 Cities 3 6y
+15 Need Help Deciding What PE Firms To Go After 2 6y
+15 Advice Please! Path to Private Equity - Starting from Valuation Advisory 1 6y
+19 Undegraduate Exchange Destination 4 6y
+9 List of Family Offices 1 6y
+25 Alternative path to Private Equity? 4 6y
+3 California Private Equity for a Canadian 1 6y
+10 Anyone have any insight into The Courtney Group in LA? 3 6y
+45 PE Firms w/ Dog Friendly Offices 10 6y
+15 About to graduate, what kinds of jobs will give me a chance at getting into PE? 4 6y
+6 MM Brokers in West Coast? 3 6y
+8 Chicago LMM IB to Los Angeles PE 4 6y
+15 Brookfield Private Equity 1 6y
+10 PE Opportunities in LA? 8 6y
+3 Ares Management - Anyone Hear Back From Superday / Final Stages Of The Process For LA Analyst Position? 1 6y
+1 Private Equity Firms in Scottsdale AZ or Denver CO? 4 6y
+3 DTCP, Outlook and Opinions 1 6y
+15 Final round interview advice - PE operations role 2 6y
+6 List of west coast technology-focused credit funds? 3 6y
+22 How is Accel-KKR viewed in the tech growth/buyout space? 2 6y
+19 Search Fund PR-MBA (Pacific Lake) 5 6y
+26 Thoughts on Vector / STG Partners 7 6y
+22 Should I pursue Private Equity even though I've made 6 figures in Entrepreneurship? 10 6y
+3 NYU Stern vs. USC Marshall undergrad 1 6y
+22 PE Associate Compensation in T3 cities? 6 6y
+3 TMT Focused PE Firms 1 6y
+6 Looking for PE funds that don't use leverage 5 6y
0 Take the money?? 3 6y
0 MBA Student looking to break in to Private Equity - Seeking Advice 8 6y
0 Harvard MBA's and PE Shops why so many??? 33 6y
0 HUGE favor to ask 3 6y
0 JP Morgan Capital Corporation 3 6y
0 evaluate my PE associate offer 15 6y
0 Valor Equity Partners - Chicago 0 6y
0 Partner meeting 0 6y
0 Return to Private Equity post MBA from Chicago Booth 9 6y
+63 Best non-MBA masters degrees for career-changers/starters...with the end goal being PE 52 6y
0 Entry level Equity Trader Chicago 9 6y
+18 MM regional PE firm associate salary PLZ HELP! 24 6y
+31 Chicago PE Recruiting 20 6y
+129 Highest paying financial jobs (/best financial firms) in the Detroit area? 217 6y
0 anybody heard of NCT ventures in ohio? 0 6y
+26 Where would you rather live 29 6y
+17 PE / HF in Chicago 31 6y
0 Average Salary for Investment Analyst 4 6y
0 Please help going from PE to MBA back to PE 3 6y
0 Morgan Stanley Infrastructure (MSI) Fund 6 6y
0 Recruiters for Chicago Area? 37 6y
0 TPG Credit Management in Minneapolis! 6 6y
0 BIO 2013 - Chicago 5 6y
0 Could I still get into PE with this type of experience? 19 6y
+7 Palisades Arcadia Baseball LLC ... HWS Group 0 6y
+42 Chicago - Megafund placement 27 6y
0 PEAC 3 6y
0 Capitalization Table Modeling (Wall Street Prep seminar) 0 6y
0 Harrison Street-Real Estate PE 5 6y
0 Chicago Buy-Side Recruiting, Coming from another market 2 6y
0 Infrastructure PE in Chicago? 1 6y

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  • JPMorgan 01 98.4%
  • Morgan Stanley 08 97.8%
  • Goldman Sachs 02 97.3%

Overall Employee Satisfaction

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  • Evercore No 98.9%
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  • Banco Santander 02 97.8%
  • BMO Capital Markets 12 97.3%

Professional Growth Opportunities

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  • Moelis & Company 01 98.9%
  • Morgan Stanley 07 98.4%
  • Goldman Sachs 01 97.8%
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