+57 Private Equity --->>> Business School? 35 10y
0 Pre-MBA placement to business school 2 10y
0 How do I transition from Wharton MBA to PE? (with non-finance background) 1 10y
+205 Why You're So Easy to Replace 58 10y
0 PE B-School Relationship 1 10y
+19 How to have it all and blow it with greed 7 11y
+49 No Mas, No Mas! The Vale Chronicles (Continued)! 15 11y
0 [ISSUE 36] - Interesting Things... 2 11y
+24 What's in a name? Of Umlauts, The Alphabet and World Peace! 2 11y
+26 JD/MBA trying to break into PE 8 11y
0 PE part-time gig interview prep 0 11y
+19 JP morgan CIB private equity group 8 11y
0 How low can you go? Doing the Petrobras Limbo! 9 11y
+24 Twitter's Bar Mitzvah! Is Social Media coming of age? 0 11y
0 PE FoF junior analyst salary? 0 11y
0 Lower MM PE offer, thoughts? 11 12y
+78 Go Pro: Camera or Smartphone? Social Media or Electronics? Price or Value? 75 12y
0 Non-trad Chances in PE 1 12y
+24 The Tax Dance: To Pass Through or Not to Pass Through Income? 1 12y
+26 Cramer vs. Rubenstein - the Private Equity Debate 9 12y
0 PE in Phoenix? 3 12y
+40 Stumbled upon a piece of financial history in the office today... 29 12y
+27 A Disruptive Cab Ride to Riches: The Uber Payoff 2 12y
+39 Substituting Law School for MBA? 12 12y
+15 Healthcare Consulting to PE? 5 12y
0 PE Offer vs. Current buyside Role - Thoughts Appreciated 3 12y
+144 Megafund chiefs make $500 million a year? 78 12y
+74 Bonus Bananas March 21, 2014 46 12y
+50 How does my resume look for future mega fund recruiting? 17 12y
0 Are there more pre-MBA private equity positions avaliable than hedge fund positions coming from IB? 8 12y
+25 Wharton Course: Private Equity Videos 14 12y
+45 Awkward Dartmouth Kid to Lead Warburg Pincus 35 12y
+88 Ask Me Anything: Post-MBA at Early PE Firm 42 12y
+28 Valuing Athlete Earning Potential? Tracking Arian Foster! 8 12y
0 PE Off-cycle Internships 2 13y
+45 The REAL Reason You Didn't Get That Job 17 13y
0 PE Associate compensation Europe 9 13y
0 HF's from a BB regional office? 3 13y
+1 Phila P/E Head Hunters 2 13y
0 Clearview Capital in Old Greenwich, CT 2 13y
+20 The Hottest Woman in Wall Street movies 36 13y
0 HBS 2+2 a plus for pre-MBA PE recruiting? 8 13y
0 Milestone Partners 4 13y
0 Wharton Restructuring Conference 3 13y
0 MM to MF after HBS 6 13y
+52 Too Big To Invest? The Downside to Mega Fund PE 22 14y
+38 Private Equity: Too disruptive or not disruptive enough? 12 14y
+11 For All You Prestige Whores 15 14y
+74 Bonus Bananas August 10, 2012 37 14y
0 Does Private Equity Use Too Much Leverage? 11 14y
0 Lateral move into operations side of PE 10 14y
0 Sophomore/Junior PE megafund internships?? 8 14y
+30 Activist Value Investing: Be Your Own "Change" Agent 1 14y
0 The War on Private Equity 26 14y
+14 Someone's Claim 5 14y
+121 Non-Street Firm = Non-Street Comp 84 14y
0 If Mitt Romney Gets Elected PE Firms Returning 30% IRRs for Teacher's Pension Funds? 1 14y
0 Business Software & Services Companies Hedge Funds are Buying 0 14y
+12 MM PE Firms and Investment Banking Boutiques 3 14y
+30 PE Hub on PE Compensation 7 15y
0 Hale Capital Partners 1 15y
+3 Internship in DC 3 15y
+25 Bonus Bananas September 16, 2011 8 15y
+27 Black Tie Ballin' 11 15y
0 Lateral Recruiting -- Slaying Alpha? 0 15y
0 Who Would You Hire? 4 15y
0 Entrepreneur --> PE/HF 8 15y
+32 Private Equity Compensation 12 15y
+13 Saturday Showdown: Kravis, Schwarzman, and SI girls 20 15y
0 Raising Funds For two Seperate Projects 2 15y
+25 The Private Equity Draft 18 15y
0 PE internship and future 4 15y
+13 CalPERS Summary of PE Fund Performance 5 16y
0 2010 Megafund Pre-MBA Associate Compensation Package 4 16y
+17 Can Hulu Bank? 4 16y
0 Crash course in PE needed ASAP 5 16y
0 PE Comp 9 16y
0 college intern/job offer from megafund, no connections 9 16y
+5 Did Wharton students complete first round and/ or Super Day at these companies for summer analyst positions? 10 16y
0 HIG 12 16y
0 Equipment financing to RE Private Equity 1 17y
0 Should I emphasize this line during interview? 6 17y
0 Has anyone ever drop out of college to join a PE firm? 15 17y
0 Do I need an MBA based on my background? 5 17y
0 IB->PE->HBS/Stanford 1 17y
0 Regional PE firms? 2 17y
0 Which route is best? 15 17y
0 What to expect 5 17y
0 Rubenstein at PE Conference, Thoughts? 3 18y
0 Pay cut moving from sell-side to PE? 1 18y
0 CMF Associates 1 19y
0 CRT Capital Holdings LLC 1 19y

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