+23 Undergrad summer PE analyst positions 8 4mo
+3 Mining PE Comp 5 4mo
+8 Senior Associate — Lateral Again Within a Year? 2 4mo
+393 What’s up with the Apollo and Warburg Associates emails 168 4mo
+148 We were lied to 78 4mo
+37 Employee co-invest into the fund: fee/carry-free, but vests 13 4mo
+15 Realistic path to Capital Solutions/Spec Sits Groups from LevFin at a BB? 7 4mo
+6 Junior Comp Increase with Recent Fundraise? 3 4mo
+11 LMM Headhunters 4 4mo
+7 From a founder- the f is going on 15 4mo
+5 AE Industrial Partners 1 4mo
+6 Corsair Capital Reputation/Comp/Culture 5 4mo
+9 Port M&A , PE View 1 4mo
0 US HH 3 4mo
0 How are PE & IB case studies changing with AI? 1 4mo
+3 SF IB to NYC PE On-Cycle 1 4mo
+31 PE Perks 2026 32 4mo
+74 Stumped On LBO Question 26 4mo
+13 Fee-free carry-free for employees 11 4mo
+24 GSAM XIG PE Investment Team 7 4mo
+33 Best industry/job for entrepreneurship? 11 4mo
+2 TPG Cancelled Oncycle PE Recruiting--Summer 2027 5 4mo
+48 MBA for PE in US? Am I being to naive? 21 4mo
0 Francisco Partners in 2026 2 4mo
+5 What virtue is your pursuit? Private equity Associate 4 4mo
+12 MBA and Private Equity 6 4mo
+3 MM PE HC Exits 1 4mo
+6 Share/Split PE prep resources 5 4mo
+5 Bain Capital Interview Process (AN) 9 4mo
+15 KKR comp for Principal 20 4mo
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+19 Weighing exit from LMM PC/PE 4 4mo
+9 Turn/River Capital Process 11 4mo
+184 PE Funds w/ >$10B Funds 84 4mo
0 Updated views on Summit Partners (2026) 4 4mo
+9 J.P. Morgan Infra Investment Group 7 4mo
0 Emerald Lake Capital (LA) 1 4mo
+6 Mid-career Job Market - Q1 2026 4 4mo
+6 PE Associates: Do you get coffee with PE associates from other GPs you work with / people at portcos? 2 4mo
0 Growth — On Cycle 1 4mo
+12 Growth Equity to LMM PE 8 4mo
+3,207 8 years old with no finance experience, too late to get into PE? 115 4mo
0 BX PE Intro Call 3 4mo
+21 Onex Partners 15 4mo
+37 Mainsail Partners - Culture, Comp, Work / Life Balance 28 4mo
0 Flight Time for Superday 1 4mo
+7 Riverwood Capital 5 4mo
+17 What Long-Term "Skills" Does PE Actually Give You? 9 4mo
+15 Beware ZT Corporate Internship Experience 2 4mo
+174 Q&A: Returning to PE After a Year and a Half at a Series C Startup 50 4mo
+5 The PE Bros Are Subprime? 3 4mo
+54 Culture/WLB/Outlook of Partners Group Denver Office 33 4mo
+6 IB to Secondaries? 1 4mo
+46 Clearlake raises a $14.8B fund 28 4mo
+12 LMM groups within larger platforms? 1 4mo
0 Long Ridge Equity Partners 2 4mo
+6 NYC office of European PE perks and benefits 6 4mo
+17 Becoming a great VC/PE investor - advice 4 4mo
+19 Best Path to PE from BB Coverage w/ Outsourced Modeling 7 4mo
+24 Athos Partners Overview - Overpromise and underdeliver 11 4mo
+10 Can AI even provide ROI for finance? 6 4mo
+11 2nd Year PE Analyst Seeking Advice 3 4mo
+3 Crown Point Equity – AI Infrastructure / Datacenters 1 4mo
+9 Off cycle PE Offer Process Timeline 9 4mo
0 PE Funds Open to Credit Backgrounds 1 4mo
+9 BB Analyst Not Promoted – How Should I Position This to Headhunters? 1 4mo
+9 Best way to meet ppl as a PE Associate in NYC 4 4mo
+4 Carolwood LP 1 4mo
+12 CVC Client & Product Solutions: Top-Tier IR Role or Fundraising Grind 3 4mo
+63 Q&A: (if interested) Autistic in PE 29 5mo
+12 MS Private Equity (Expansion Capital) Info/Culture/Comp/Reputation 7 5mo
0 Canadian Pension PE Ranking 1 5mo
+4 Bloom Equity Partners? 2 5mo
+18 Anyone here got into PE coming from Real Estate Asset Management – no IB, no consulting? 5 5mo
+6 Who owns finance in the first 90 days after a PE acquisition? 4 5mo
+95 Pivoting from PE 41 5mo
0 How much of your first 90 days post-close gets eaten by reporting / WC true-up? 2 5mo
0 Yucaipa Companies 1 5mo
+2 Anyone know if any Boston buyout funds are still looking to fill seats for Summer 2026 / immediate start? 3 5mo
+15 Honest opinions needed about lateraling 11 5mo
+9 AI PE startups 3 5mo
+11 F2 Raises $24M to Scale its LLM-Agnostic AI Operating System for Private Credit 1 5mo
+13 Is it too late for me? (Rising College Junior) 5 5mo
+8 InfraRed Capital Partners 17 5mo
0 PF to Infra/Transport PE 1 5mo
+4 Private Equity Subject Matter Expert – AI Training & Reasoning Systems 1 5mo
0 FT Recruit to PE from IB SA? 1 5mo
+6 On-cycle as Second-year Analyst 7 5mo
+3 Experience with KKR Capstone? 4 5mo
+13 General Atlantic (GA) — Updated views? (2026 recruiting / exits / culture / comp) 17 5mo
+8 Thoughts on Ascend Partners 4 5mo
+22 Cerberus in 2025? 14 5mo
+25 Ranking PE Secondaries Firms 20 5mo
0 Flexstone Partners NYC - Work Life Balance 0 5mo
+12 NY LMM PE Recruiting 3 5mo
+5 Alpine Investors - Thoughts? 26 5mo
+3 Capital Raising Salaries 1 5mo
+31 Business Development in PE 15 5mo
0 PE Associate in NYC -> London 1 5mo
+9 LMM PE Analysts: Getting roasted for my AI capstone (building a sourcing tool, offering $20 UberEats) 2 5mo

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