Private Equity Comp Dubai

Hi All!

I am currently interviewing for an associate/senior associate position within the direct private equity of a dubai-based large single-family office.
 

- What’s the typical compensation I should expect? 

- Do family offices typically pay carried-interests?

thanks in advance for your time!  

6 Comments
 

Yeah and citizenship. If you are from a Western nation and are white/Arab you have a better chance at progression. Dubai has actual institutional racism where you get paid based on your passport, so if you’re from like India you will get paid 3x less than a European or a UAE local.

UAE locals are usually the most common to dominate leadership roles and so are Europeans. It’s a uphill battle to get leadership roles since there is so much random politics that go beyond work, can’t have too many non-Arabs in leadership, need to have some fringe royal’s kid progress upwards really fast, can’t have a South Asian managing UAE locals, etc.

If you think America has a fairness problem get ready for UAE, lol

 

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