0 American Capital - Buyouts Group in NYC 7 6y
0 Private Equity Firms Search on Capital IQ 0 6y
+21 This is HUGE!!! 11 6y
+27 Lower Mid-Mkt PE Firm - Anal to the nth degree??? 12 6y
+23 I think I may have been given a great opportunity, how can/should I realize it? 8 6y
0 PE Interview for Recent Grad 2 6y
0 Riverside Partners in Boston 2 6y
0 Middle Market Private Equity Compensation -- Fair offer? 9 6y
+25 Assessing a PE firm's prestige? 18 6y
+8 Salary at a "500 Startups" backed company? 1 6y
0 Carlyle 2014 0 6y
0 Anyone on the east coast interview with genstar? 2 6y
0 Move to Cali? - small fund team - would you do it? 3 6y
+39 Doctors in Private Equity 29 6y
0 Career transition and back office in PE 0 6y
0 PE in Miami 7 6y
0 Gabe Gomez GOP candidate for John Kerry's open Senate Seat 0 6y
0 Undergrad Business Accelerator - ADVICE NEEDED 4 6y
+19 Lev Fin -> PE in Asia 6 6y
+28 U.S. PE Associate ==> Asia PE 27 6y
0 Singapore Intern 5 6y
+3 JD/PHD - any career opportunity in PE? 4 6y
+14 3i reputation 24 6y
0 PE Recruiting in in another city 0 6y
0 Private Equity in Dallas? 16 6y
+8 Philly to NYC - comp equivalent? 10 6y
+44 Geithner to Join Warburg Pincus. Thoughts? 15 6y
+12 PE Informational Interview: What to expect? 4 6y
0 Private Equity Career Advice 2 6y
0 Comp for 1st year PE associate in non-finance capital 10 6y
+138 My PE Recruiting Process 42 6y
+84 PE and HF Headhunters 25 6y
0 PE search 2 6y
0 PE operating arm roles post consulting 0 6y
+10 Would you leave the city where your GF/friends/family for your dream job? 11 6y
+11 EC and leadership suggestion for HYP undergraduate to get in PE 4 6y
0 MBA implications of pre-MBA role 0 6y
+37 Trouble with recruiting 8 6y
0 How is Carlyle Strategic Partners? 0 6y
+19 Help Me, Please! Hoping on a flight to NYC! 7 6y
+44 Megafund Interview Prep 30 6y
+145 NY Times vs. the PE Industry 58 6y
0 HIG MM PE NY office 4 6y
0 Sun Capital Question, NYC and LA 1 6y
+21 Bain Capital Credit? 10 6y
+34 Private Equity Firms in Boston 21 6y
0 List of PE firms in New Jersey 0 6y
+24 Private Equity the long way 5 6y
+19 Can someone explain me Blackstone's EOP real estate deal? 5 6y
+33 Career Transition non-finance to PE 9 6y
0 Advantage working in HQ Office for PE firm? 0 6y
+12 Networking as a IB analyst to get interviews at top MM PE firms????? 2 6y
+27 Pivoting into Finance - Trying to stay in Richmond, VA 12 6y
+10 Joining a Middle-Market Private Equity Fund soon - any advice? 2 6y
+33 Advice on Sourcing Family Office info to help secure LP's 2 6y
0 Comp, upside, and trade commission "etc" 0 6y
+15 Exit Options from New Fund 4 6y
0 Prepping for PE interviews (pre MBA MBB consultant) 3 6y
+3 Apollo Real Estate in Los Angeles? 2 6y
+61 Working for European PE as an American 23 6y
0 Upper MM Funds on West Coast 4 6y
+21 Beginning TAS position at big 4-thinking down the road 9 6y
+26 How to: PE Career break - several months off 2 6y
+115 Am I being underpaid 36 6y
+13 Distressed / Special Situations Firms... East Coast Preference 6 6y
+3 Private Equity Analyst Positions Still Hiring 1 6y
+33 Highly Securitized Small Cap LBOs 6 6y
0 CITIC - Private Equity in NYC 0 6y
0 Re-Thinking Cost to Company ( CTC ) ... In Industries Prone to Disruption 0 6y
+15 Strategy& Deals Team to Private Equity 7 6y
+12 Seeking recruitment advice: MBB BA/A/AC w/o finance experience -> PE 1 6y
+10 Thoughts on Macquarie Infra PE SA over regular investment banking SA? 18 6y
+3 Past Interns 1 6y
+21 2 years of prop trading experience. How can I transition into PE (or even feasible?) 1 6y
+73 2017 Private Equity Report – 8 Category Highlights 7 6y
+11 Anyone heard of the MM PE fund in NYC / Chicago called Flexpoint Ford? 7 6y
+19 Investment Banking Senior Associate to Private Equity Dilemma 2 6y
+6 Boston Search Group? Any info? 3 6y
+35 Leaving IB Before Recruiting for PE 7 6y
+21 BIG Ideas for India's Budget 2018 ... Unlocking US $ 1.24 Trillion of value trapped within Indian cities 1 6y
+10 33 Trillion ANNUAL Market Impact by 2025 1 6y
+5 Siguler Guff - Fund of Funds 2 6y
+4 Follow Up After PE Interview? 3 6y
+12 Reaching out to PE Co Founder 4 6y
+12 CFA+MS CS from Ivy League. Options? 1 6y
+2 SF IB to NYC PE 4 6y
+19 Resources to read everyday for PE? 9 6y
+24 PE Recruiting Advice for Incoming 1st Years 17 6y
+12 Feasibility of leveraging firm's banker connections to lateral to BB/EB IB? 1 6y
+8 Top Middle Market Operationally Focused (under 3bn latest fund) PE Firms 5 6y
+9 Southeast Asia PE Recruiting 2 6y
+18 Growth to Buyout Transition 6 6y
+13 East Coast TMT Groups 11 6y
+14 Great Hill Partners Boston 14 6y
+58 PE Lateral Recruiting Advice/Stories/Help? 14 6y
+3 East Coast MM PE Headhunters and Client Lists 2 6y
+4 Silver Lake Headhunter 2 6y
+34 Regional BB to NY PE 10 6y
+9 MF PE Recruitment from mid tier BB 1 6y
+21 PE Interviewing from outside of New York 3 6y

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  • Goldman Sachs 01 97.8%
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