What are the best / most promising sectors for future PE activity

MBB consultant here with interest in PE. What kind of industries do you think are promising for future PE investment activity? It has been a great decade for software but will that continue going forward?

Myself has been doing a lot of healthcare / life sciences work and wondering if that sets me up for success when trying to make the move to PE. 

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