PE: How many companies in avg. portfolio that you manage?

Curious to better understand the model and how many companies the average PE analyst or associate has in their portfolio that they manage.

Feel free to post anonymously if you’re in PE but could you please state your position (analyst, associate) and the size of your firm and how many companies they provide you in your portfolio your supposed to be managing on top of your active work for new investments for the firm.

Do you think firm performance could increase if you were responsible for less companies in the portfolio and had greater opportunity to understand the service / product offering and surrounding industry for those companies in general?

Or am I naive and misguided in some way? Leave it in the comments

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