+17 Atypical Background, Post MBA chances of PE 6 6y
+17 Private Equity Internship - London 9 6y
+17 Natural resources group (chemicals focus) at top BB (GS/MS) vs MBB (McK / Bain) PE team for corporate PE exits? 2 6y
+17 fundraising in a new town 4 6y
+17 Specialties among Megafunds/Large-Cap Funds in London/Europe 5 6y
+17 PE / HF in Chicago 31 6y
+17 Chicago PE shops. Apollo? Ares? 17 6y
+17 Leaving IB for startup before Buyside offer starts? 9 2y
+17 PhD in life science to PE? (vs. other options such as management consulting) 8 6y
+17 Insights on EQT, I Squared, and Antin in NY? 10 1y
+17 H.I.G. Capital 32 6y
+17 Petroleum Engineer Interested in Oil and Gas Private Equity 5 6y
+17 Is Client Side the Place to Be? 13 2y
+17 Insight into PE in Chicago? 12 2y
+17 Placement and advisory groups 5 1y
+17 LP's With Co-Investment Teams 6 2y
+17 Investment Team --> Portfolio Ops? 7 4y
+17 HIG Infrastructure 18 1y
+17 Softbank Vision Fund - Views 2021 31 4y
+17 How much of a difference is there in Special Sits/Distressed between PE vs HF 7 3y
+17 Growth Segments in PE Investing 1 3y
+17 Special Situations 4 5mo
+17 Does anyone have insight into what it is like to recruit from a newer boutique (Liontree, Dyal, M Klein, etc.)? 14 6y
+17 Ownership of bolt-on acquisitions in an equity-roll scenario 5 6y
+17 …….. 7 1y
+17 Majority Stakes in LBOs 6 5y
+17 Merchant Banking vs Investment Banking out of College. Which route is better? 4 5y
+17 Moving to a BDC 11 5y
+17 Coffee chat with Mentor 5 1y
+17 Lateral market - anything happening? 13 3y
+17 PE Culture & Hours London 9 4y
+17 Corporate Banking to Family Office PE? 7 4y
+17 Realizing carry 18 1y
+17 DTLs LBO Modelling Test 13 5y
+17 Biographies on PE/HF Entrepreneurs 12 5y
+17 Will I be able to get a job again if I take a sabbatical? 12 1y
+17 Sources & Uses - Cash Free / Debt Free LBO (picture included) 14 5y
+17 Becoming a great VC/PE investor - advice 4 4mo
+17 Fellow PE professionals - what are you looking for out of life and how does your career fit in to that? 6 5y
+17 PE Comp in Canada - Non-Pensions 21 3y
+17 Vista Equity LMM fund (Endeavor) 3 4y
+17 What Long-Term "Skills" Does PE Actually Give You? 9 4mo
+17 Mega-Fund PE: Advice to Succeed & Fast-Track Progression? 1 11mo
+17 Deal on Resume - Not Much to Talk About? 3 5y
+17 Value of an E-MBA 7 5y
+17 Best growth equities in London? 18 11mo
+17 What is merchant Banking 10 3y
+17 AI Tools PE Funds Are Using? 16 3y
+17 Groups like BX Tac Opps 21 4y
+17 Is WLB a Myth in Direct Lending? 21 5y
+17 Family Office or Energy Corporate? 11 1y
+17 Work Ethic 8 5y
+17 Interning in PE in the US as a French student 7 3y
+17 Help - Private Credit Associate Interview - What questions to expect and how to prepare for it? 7 4y
+17 Quit my PE to join a Competitor 6 4y
+17 IB/PE in Canada - Entry-level 8 4y
+17 Vista PE SA 2024 62 3y
+17 Getting Carry when you Join in the middle of a fund 6 5y
+17 Help on Offer: Tier 1 City, Assoc 1, $295k with 55-70 hours or $340k with 70-90 hours? 13 10mo
+17 Distressed Debt / Special Situations Modeling Tests 13 5y
+17 …. 6 3y
+17 Leverage Lateral BB Offer to Speed Up Buyside Processes? 5 2y
+17 Which PE funds are actually great investors 5 3mo
+17 Running a PE owned business 3 5y
+17 Top Credit Funds? 40 3y
+17 deferred revenue impact on 3 statements 12 2y
+17 How do people know what they want to do... 4 3y
+17 Bain Capital / Bain Cap Associate Interview 20 3y
+17 Paper LBO question 8 1y
+17 Family health emergency during live deal during Associate program 9 5y
+17 Leverage in secondary deals 4 3y
+17 How to account for management option pool with strike price in 3 statement model 6 2y
+17 2+2 Program Perception in Associate PE Recruiting?? 15 5y
+17 Undergrad Full-Time 2022 PE Recruiting? 30 5y
+17 Big 4 infra financial advisory in Japan —> Infra fund 5 1y
+17 PE firms and MBAs - 2021 Update 5 5y
+17 [HELP] PE Internship Europe 8 2y
+17 Would you sell equity in your future earnings (carry) for upfront cash today? 7 5y
+17 Does it get better as a PE VP? 7 4y
+17 London - PE analyst programs 41 3y
+17 Tech PE at Vista vs. KKR vs. BX vs. Warburg etc 10 1y
+17 M1 mac Excel Compaitablitiy 9 5y
+17 Technical interviews in consulting-friendly funds 9 2mo
+17 What did PE feel like 15 years ago? 13 1y
+17 DCM to PE? 6 2y
+17 HF <---> PE Internships 9 4y
+17 Secondaries Recruiting 2025 10 1y
+17 Which MF/UMM PE funds have the shortest partner track? 22 2y
+17 Call after Superday and then no update, is it still a positive sign? 12 4y
+17 BX Group Rankings 33 2y
+17 Atalaya, Beach Point, Victory Park? 14 5y
+17 Exit Ops/Reputation of Marlin Equity Partners London 8 5y
+17 BMO Private Equity - Yikes 6 5y
+17 Insights on Digital Bridge / Colony? 16 4y
+17 PE Analyst Comp 11 3y
+17 I hate PE and I feel trapped 3 2y
+17 Updates on tech focused / tech heavy funds? 4 1y
+17 Need help really understanding the concept of NPV 4 5y
+17 Best excel resources for getting better with large amounts of data and scalable logic? 3 5y
+17 Friend Booting up Structured Equity Fund - Placement Agents? 4 3y

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