+3 NYU Stern vs. USC Marshall undergrad 1 4y
0 Harvard MBA's and PE Shops why so many??? 33 4y
+129 Highest paying financial jobs (/best financial firms) in the Detroit area? 217 4y
+17 PE / HF in Chicago 31 4y
0 Please help going from PE to MBA back to PE 3 4y
0 Could I still get into PE with this type of experience? 19 4y
+7 Palisades Arcadia Baseball LLC ... HWS Group 0 4y
0 Breaking into Private Equity 0 4y
+22 Chicago Buy-Side Exit Strategy for Someone Not Local? 6 4y
+23 Big4 audit to private equity opportunity 3 4y
+35 How do I get into PE? 6 4y
+26 PE Associate Offer - Comp Too Low? 29 4y
+115 My Life - How I got into PE 45 4y
0 HgCapital Interview Questions 4 4y
+16 Europe PE Recruting? 5 4y
+2 Differences between BainCap vs. KKR vs. Advent vs. BC Partners 1 4y
0 H/S/W to Credit MF 6 4y
+19 From Management Consulting to PE - MBA route 5 4y
0 Some cultural red pills on applying for PE in London 0 4y
+9 LMM Emerging Markets PE to Columbia MBA to London PE Shop 1 4y
+12 From professional poker player to prop-trading to self-employed trader to MBA to PE? 1 4y
+3 London recruiter coverage 1 4y
+23 Should I accept MBB offer or go to Wharton if I wanna do PE eventually? 8 4y
+17 Specialties among Megafunds/Large-Cap Funds in London/Europe 5 4y
+24 Advice needed - London MF view on US MBA 4 4y
+6 Where does Silverlake recruit undergraduate students? 5 4y
+56 How competitive is Private Equity in Canada? 14 4y
+15 Advice on getting into PE, M&A advisory 1 4y
0 Wharton Advanced Seminar on PE 2011 3 4y
0 Help comparing / contrasting US HF and Asia PE roles 1 4y
0 PE Summer Internship for interested monkeys! 1 4y
+17 Analyst Position or B-School? 6 4y
+21 Vinod Khosla Smack Down Letter to CBS on CleanTech 60 Minutes episode 4 4y
+12 Would it be possible for a foreigner to find a pe job after mba/msf? 1 4y
+12 European PE firms, visibility in the US? 7 4y
+16 MBB (incl. PE advisory) or Lower MM PE? 2 4y
+12 European PE to USA M7 and then what? 1 4y
+19 MBA for PE Associates 3 4y
+3 Europe PE recruiting 1 4y
0 The Never Ending Debate with Nuclear Reactors for the Environment 0 4y
+21 PE BD -> IB -> PE Deal Execution Side? 1 4y
+20 Here's a nice dose of reality - article on top mba grads' career earnings 12 4y
+26 Harvard Econ Majors - Tracking success 14 4y
+29 Is my friend lying about his compensation? 26 4y
+15 PE Case Study Challenge 2 4y
+12 Internship at LC PE or Tier 1 BB 1 4y
+19 Equity Returns for TV Show Financing? 4 4y
+12 How can I maximize my chances of joining Wharton in a 3,5 year horizon? 2 4y
+12 Moving from Big 4 Advisory to MM PE 1 4y
+36 How to approach LMM PE recruiting? 10 4y
+3 Blackstone Strategic Partners - Feedback/Industry Advice 1 4y
+12 Route to Private Equity 2 4y
+9 Transitioning Enlisted Military looking to break into PE eventually, but for now get my leg in. 1 4y
+3 Is it still worth applying? non target sophomore 1 4y
+3 PE GPA 1 4y
+54 IB -> PE -> MBA -> IB -> PE 12 4y
+16 How hard is it to break into PE out of undergrad out of Duke? 3 4y
+125 Turning down HBS/GSB/Wharton for the Promote-Through 37 4y
+13 Livestream With Three Finance Rockstars (Blackstone, Carlyle, TA Associates) 1 4y
+19 Livestream Q&A With Three Finance Rockstars (Blackstone, Carlyle, TA Associates) StanfordGSB2020's picture 1 4y
+12 Private equity pitch help 1 4y
+17 List of firms recruiting at the post MBA level 4 4y
+53 Q&A: Charting your career 9 4y
+42 KKR vs Carlyle vs Warburg - URGENT 29 4y
+9 Sophomore, First time preparing PE interview 2 4y
+12 Leaving a Sourcing Role? 1 4y
+12 Advice for a young student? 2 4y
+37 Advice for a young kid in CC? 7 4y
+15 Consultant-friendly PE to IB-heavy PE? 4 4y
+20 Large Cap PEs performance 5 4y
+3 UPenn PPE 1 4y
+35 Wharton Helpful in Recruiting into PE? 5 4y
+3 Any info on Blackstone Harvest Advisors? 1 4y
+13 Worth it? MBA for Wharton grad in the LMM 1 4y
+42 PE & Insurers 9 4y
+37 What kind of experience does it take to launch a serious UMM/large cap PE fund these days? 10 4y
+64 Q&A: Megafund Asia Private Equity 20 4y
+18 KKR backoffice extremely unhappy? 10 4y
+21 B-School Useful for FIG PE Transition? 1 4y
+14 Negotiating Salary for 1st Year PE Associate 5 4y
+21 New private equity features in software 1 4y
+55 1st Year MM Buy-Side Analyst - Ask me anything 27 4y
+3 Best way to get a position in acquisitions 1 4y
+18 Your best sourcing tips 1 4y
+43 Law school-> JD/MBA -> PE? 12 4y
+35 MM PE Associate: MBA Programs beyond HSW 8 4y
+20 Search Fund - Ghosted hard after perfect Interview 10 4y
+18 Medicine to PE 4 4y
+47 How to raise a fund - what I know, and what I'm clueless about 5 4y
+38 How do MBA programs view failed or half-successful entrepreneurs that did IBD -> buy-side? 6 4y
+25 Search Fund Internship 16 4y
+272 Private Equity or Pizza Equity? 71 4y
+4 Kinderhook Partners reputation? Founded in 2003 from former Geocapital team 4 5y
+17 Undergrad to Private Equity? 9 5y
+53 Yale vs. Princeton vs. Wharton Undergrad 17 5y
+56 Q&A: Principal at megafund 55 5y
+6 Atlas Holdings in CT 1 5y
+22 Atlas Holdings (CT) 5 5y
+42 WSO Hall of Fame: Private Equity Forum 0 5y
+44 Specialties among Megafunds 15 5y

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