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Ignore the title, currently full-time.
The big 3 is typically Alpinvest, Adams Street, and Harbourvest from a pay + prestige + fund performance standpoint. Other allocators like CALPERS and large endowments rival them in size, but as an employee those 3 private companies are the best

 

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