Ranking APO/BX/KKR/H&F/TPG?

I'll take a stab at it based off prestige and exclusivity.

1. APO (Golden Demigods, Chads, Only Flaw is Publicly Traded)

2. H&F (Top Notch, Private Company)

3. KKR (Fathers of PE, Institutionalized Publicly Traded AUM Collector)

4. BX (Institutionalized Publicly Traded AUM Collector)

5. TPG (Meh)

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