+5 GGC Analyst Program 4 3y
0 KSL Capital 2 3y
+31 Side hustles while working in PE 46 3y
+4 LBO Model - Help! 6 3y
+30 H/S/W chances after 4 years PE, 2 years IB? 8 3y
+19 MF PE Senior Associate Leaving for Family Business 4 3y
+8 A&M Private equity performance improvement? 13 3y
+384 PE long-term attractivity: Is the trodden path "broken"? Quo vadis gen Y? 134 3y
+58 Finding the next Thoma / Vista? 17 3y
+7 How to stay engaged in community/leadershio 1 3y
+10 LLR Partners - Comp/Exit Opps/Reputation? 9 3y
0 Carry / Comp @ Large FoF 3 3y
+18 UMM.. vs. sector-focused Bain Capital fund 13 3y
+4 Go full time at EB or PE firm? 3 3y
+20 Turned down offer 5 3y
+11 Taking on more Responsibility 3 3y
+10 Looking for a PE Mentor to HELP me 19 3y
+15 PJT Park Hill Real Estate Group Interview (NY office) 1 3y
+8 What happened at General Atlantic? 4 3y
+18 How to Assess Highly Regulated Infra Assets? 5 3y
+3 Word Investment Memo 1 3y
+4 Leveraged co-invest 2 3y
+3 Non-PE 1st Year Analyst Comps at Top Megafunds (Carlyle/Blackstone/KKR etc.) 3 3y
+35 Stay in cushy PE job or move to MBB consulting 12 3y
+15 Offers from BX/KKR vs WP 14 4y
+2 Recruiting for MF/UMM PE from Non-target but Top Group 4 4y
+9 PE: How many companies in avg. portfolio that you manage? 1 4y
+4 PE vs Crossover Funds 2022 / Recessionary Environment 3 4y
+220 Getting ghosted 24/7 54 4y
+10 Best NYC UMM/MM Funds 2 4y
+6 Co-Investing 1 4y
+3 Liquid Bulk Transportation / Tank Washes (e.g. Quala, Heniff Transporation Systems, Superior Bulk Logistics) 0 4y
+3 Light Street Capital Undergrad Analyst Program 3 4y
+9 Will social anxiety stop one from succeeding in PE/IB? 2 4y
+18 HPS Reputation 12 4y
+6 How dangerous is FT PE recruiting? 2 4y
+14 TPG Client and Capital Formation Group? 4 4y
+24 Firms like Intel Capital? 21 4y
+119 Answering Why Private Equity - 9 Key Answers 22 4y
+27 necessity of MBA? 20 4y
+110 Private Equity: why it's so sexy 146 4y
+19 What PE firms recruit from undergrad (Wharton, Harvard) for analyst positions? 27 4y
0 Fifth Street Capital - Any info on pay, experience, or culture? 6 4y
+19 Breaking into PE as a rising junior 10 4y
+32 East Coast IBD to West Coast PE? 13 4y
+9 LBO Bio-medical company 8 4y
0 MidWest PE Firms 8 4y
+53 PE right out of college? 29 4y
0 PE Recruiting - Top 5 picks 14 4y
+12 Does PE kill jobs and ruin the economy? 11 4y
0 PE Recruiting Finished? 31 4y
0 Building a model for my PE interview 13 4y
+28 FT Advice: PE at Family Office or IBD interviews?? 13 4y
0 LAMBO-LIvin' 23 4y
+38 Initial Headhunter Meetings 26 4y
+6 Preparing for Analyst PE Recruitment 5 4y
+10 Audax PE or Advent International PE 11 4y
+47 Group Led by K.K.R. to Buy Samson for $7.2 Billion in Largest LBO of Year 19 4y
0 2013 Recruiting Season 27 4y
+16 How large is the gap in exit opps BBs in London? 18 4y
+26 Size of Deals on Resume for PE Recruiting 16 4y
+24 Back Office Jobs in PE 25 4y
+49 IBD Associate… Now What? 21 4y
+33 PE Recruitment Timeline/Preparation as a 1st Year IB Analyst 31 4y
+129 Q&A: MM PE Vice President - Big 10 Undergrad - No MBA 83 4y
+42 PE recruiting timeline and process 48 4y
+104 Path to Private Equity Post-MBA without Pre-MBA Banking Experience 70 4y
+179 PE vs. IBD 198 4y
+133 Q&A: From State School to IBD to MM PE 53 4y
0 PE Internship: Boring 2 4y
0 Is it necessary to have PE experience before starting a firm that acquires businesses? 1 4y
+11 PE - Doha 4 4y
+20 West Coast vs. NY Exit Opps 19 4y
+14 EY TAS - Operational Transaction Services Hours/pay/exit opps/etc? 8 4y
+18 No Name Boutique IB to PE Experience? 6 4y
0 PE Undergrad Internship at Abraaj? 1 4y
+10 Any insight, information etc.. about Actis PE - Al Abraaj Group 9 4y
+22 Infra PE at Macquarie: good exit opps and rep? 4 4y
+29 Is my career over? 9 4y
0 Blackstone Analyst Graduate vs Moving from BB M&A/ Sector Group 1 4y
0 Salary Negotiation - PE - Switzerland 2 4y
0 Moving from Blackstone REPE to regular PE 4 4y
+16 How fucked am I? Please help me plan how to get out of consulting and into PE. 7 4y
+22 Undergrad PE Analyst Exit to Other PE Firms/MBA? 14 4y
+44 Cash on Balance Sheet after an LBO 15 4y
+30 Call for advice from PE professionals - Undergraduate hopeful in distress 8 4y
+81 29yr Unpaid Year in PE? 24 4y
0 Undergraduate in Shanghai, intern in a Private Equity seeking advice, feel lost. 1 4y
+43 "How Much Debt Can the Company Support" Question in Growth Capital Modeling Test 12 4y
+17 Quick Question on a PE transaction 5 4y
0 How hard to get into PE (non-citizen) 4 4y
+67 Does GPA matter for Private Equity? 24 4y
+19 Submitting a New Job Application After Accepting an Offer? Too Late to Renege? 10 4y
+13 MM PE Analyst Exit Opps -> Megafund? 4 4y
+11 Work on deal team at a MM PE firm or work my way up at a larger bank? 2 4y
+29 Breaking into MegaFund from non target BB group 5 4y
+11 GIC Real Estate PE Straight Out of Undergrad vs Top Tier IBD 4 4y
+9 Back Office M&A advisory to PE fund like Blackstone 3 4y
+18 Benefits of PE out of undergrad 7 4y
+17 Fund says I am an independent contractor - 10-99 vs W2 11 4y

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