Traditional LBO firms with generalist programs that are consultant friendly

Title is pretty self-explanatory. I'm in consulting and looking at my options for PE. I would like to know firms that do traditional buyouts (like how Jerome Kohlberg left KKR to form Kohlberg & Company because he saw KKR as having strayed from the original idea of LBOs) that are generalist in nature or have their Associates start as generalists. Any kind of information is helpful. Thanks.

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