+9 How to calculate "track record" 2 3y
+4 Piney Lake Capital 2 3y
+10 Insight Partners Off Cycle Analyst 2023 63 3y
+3 LBO Role advice 1 3y
+5 Working at IB and PE at the same time 5 3y
0 LGT Capital Partners - Salary & Bonus - Private Equity Data 3y
+4 Real Estate Private Equity - Capital Markets team 8 3y
+50 Muslim in IB/PE London 27 3y
0 LGT Capital Partners - Review - Private Equity Data 3y
+3 Searching for distress / special situations mentor 1 3y
+2 2023 Certified Prestige official® b-school ranking - PE Firms 29 3y
0 KKR & Blackstone 1 3y
0 Vista Equity Partners - Salary & Bonus - Private Equity Data 3y
0 Singaporean, Canadian pensions - comp, wlb, deals 1 3y
0 LMM PE Analyst Exit Ops 5 3y
0 District Ventures Capital 1 3y
+7 Recruiting as a Junior in College for MF Private Equity from Princeton 1 3y
+22 Deleted 1 3y
+3 going to LMM now or staying at MBB if goal is UMM? 1 3y
0 Delete 1 3y
+14 Del 3 3y
+10 Is rescheduling a Case Study for PE Interview a bad look? 4 3y
+2 Should I be open with fund 1 3y
+11 If you had unlimited capital to buy and hold a business until retirement, what is that one business/industry that you are willing to invest in? 14 3y
+3 Irrelevant now 1 3y
0 PE A1 Comp 1 3y
+3 Golden Gate Capital - Associate Program 1 3y
+3 LMM IB or RE PE 2 3y
+11 Help! CS/UBS FT or K1 Private Equity 2 3y
+9 RE Dev -> Infra PE Possible? 3 3y
+11 Thoughts on Miami PE? 13 3y
+22 Private Equity Recruiting as Second/Third Year Analyst, Previous IB Lateral 7 3y
0 Net worth mid-late 30s 13 3y
+5 Fortress 7 3y
+7 Funds with above market fees? 21 3y
+12 Anyone here commute to midtown from the NJ suburbs? 4 3y
0 Blackstone Group - Salary & Bonus - Real Estate Data 3y
+3 K1 Investment Management Exit Opps 4 3y
+8 Accel culture 8 3y
+4 Real Estate PE Pay 5 3y
+4 Infrastructure Funds with European Waterfall 1 3y
+3 Blackstone Real Estate London Interviews 3 3y
+14 On cycle 2023 8 3y
+18 PE sector specialist in dead end 9 3y
+3 PE Analyst Oncycle 1 3y
+7 2023 - SF neighborhoods | Moving to SF from NYC 5 3y
+3 Summer analyst 2024 2 3y
+1 PE LBO Case Studies 1 3y
+1 IB Internship -> PE Internship -> MBB FT? 6 3y
0 Lateral Analyst to MF? 5 3y
+3 KKR/BX PE AN1 5 3y
+6 GIC / Temasek: Comp / Progression? 6 3y
+15 Tech PE NYC 17 3y
+28 Private Equity-Level Due Diligence 12 3y
+10 PE to family office...how to think about this offer? 2 3y
+5 Anxious An1 at MS 3 3y
0 NextGen Growth Partners - Interview - Generalist Data 3y
0 HarbourVest - Review - Generalist Data 3y
0 HarbourVest - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 3y
+6 HW / Sixpoint 4 3y
+60 London - headhunter experience exchange 62 3y
+9 Volatility Laundering in PE 4 3y
+39 Wellington WLB and Comp Progression vs MF PE 37 3y
+5 Dallas, Texas Pe energy infrastructure 1 3y
+11 ChatGPT in IB/PE Use Cases 7 3y
0 CHATGPT use cases 2 3y
+15 Search funds 4 3y
0 LLR Partners - Interview - Generalist Data 3y
+3 Blackstone full-time offer rate 1 3y
+18 PE Analyst Comp 43 3y
+3 Bessemer SA 2022 Recruiting 12 3y
0 JPMorgan - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 3y
+18 What do I say during VP informationals if I was a bottom bucket associate 3 3y
+50 How to fix bad relationship with VP in PE 11 3y
+12 What should I do? Need advice - job recruitment 5 3y
0 Temasek - Salary & Bonus - Financial Institutions Group (FIG) Data 3y
+21 Full-time undergrad buy-side recruiting processes for London 13 3y
+13 Commercial Banking to IB, AM or PE? 2 3y
0 PE Analyst Comp 3 3y
+9 Landed the dream job… how to keep it? 1 3y
+6 MFPE from Mid-Tier BB Top Group 6 3y
+33 Does sourcing help land interviews at GE firms? 12 3y
+10 MM IBD or MBB consulting for PE exit opps? 5 3y
+9 Lateral offer timing 2 3y
0 Trillium Group - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 3y
+2 PE Analyst Comp Benchmarking 7 3y
+17 PE Analyst Comp 11 3y
+3 PE Analyst Comp 10 3y
+3 Recent Market Trends / Valuation 1 3y
+16 Private Equity Recruiting from B School v MBB 7 3y
+9 Will PE funds do lay-offs assuming the lack of investment opportunities continues or can’t hit fundraising targets? 12 3y
0 PGGM Private Equity: thoughts/experiences? 4 3y
+4 Pros and cons of family office VC/PE? 3 3y
+3 F&B Investing 0 3y
+14 Is it possible to renege a PE offer? 8 3y
+4 How do you sense check your model? 6 3y
0 Silver Lake - Salary & Bonus - Private Equity Data 3y
+34 Can PE Justify Buyout Deals in the Current Market? 15 3y
0 Does West Coast have any chance of NYC PE Recruiting 2 3y
+7 On-Cycle Recruiting ? 5 3y

Career Advancement Opportunities

November 2026 Private Equity

  • Blackstone Group 99.6%
  • The Riverside Company 99.3%
  • KKR (Kohlberg Kravis Roberts) 98.9%
  • Warburg Pincus 98.5%
  • Vista Equity Partners 98.2%

Overall Employee Satisfaction

November 2026 Private Equity

  • Blackstone Group 99.6%
  • KKR (Kohlberg Kravis Roberts) 99.3%
  • The Riverside Company 98.9%
  • Ardian 98.5%
  • Warburg Pincus 98.1%

Professional Growth Opportunities

November 2026 Private Equity

  • Bain Capital 99.6%
  • Blackstone Group 99.3%
  • The Riverside Company 98.9%
  • Starwood Capital Group 98.5%
  • KKR (Kohlberg Kravis Roberts) 98.2%

Total Avg Compensation

November 2026 Private Equity

  • Principal (9) $653
  • Director/MD (24) $547
  • Vice President (100) $364
  • 3rd+ Year Associate (106) $280
  • 2nd Year Associate (236) $272
  • 1st Year Associate (414) $231
  • 3rd+ Year Analyst (33) $157
  • 2nd Year Analyst (97) $134
  • 1st Year Analyst (274) $126
  • Intern/Summer Associate (40) $79
  • Intern/Summer Analyst (357) $61
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