+5 Hours and culture in London PE 37 3y
0 PSP Investments - Salary & Bonus - Private Equity Data 3y
0 CVC in NYC: Culture / Comp / Experience 5 3y
+5 Alpinvest Secondaries Team 3 3y
+3 Infra PE Interview - GIP 8 3y
+4 TA Associates 5 3y
+6 CVC Growth Fund 7 3y
+11 Wavecrest Growth Partners 4 3y
+3 General Atlantic Rep 3 3y
+15 Latest thoughts on Insight Partners? 3 3y
+16 signed mm offer early in cycle - should i reneg for umm/mf or is that dangerous? 7 3y
+16 Best MF Work Perks 5 3y
+6 Alpinvest insights (Carlyle) 4 3y
+4 Freshman internship: IB or PE? 5 3y
+12 Thoughts on K1 in LA? 16 3y
+7 Spectrum Equity thoughts 2 3y
+3 List of PE funds with offices in Europe 1 3y
+16 How much admin/boring work are you doing in PE? 14 3y
+25 Top Tech PE shops in 2022? 27 3y
+3 PE internship opportunities 1 3y
+11 Current employer doesn’t allow reference checks 4 3y
0 Getting started in GE/PE 1 3y
+4 Fundraising Environment 3 3y
+50 Most academic style of investing that requires the most thought? 20 3y
+5 mistake 4 3y
+4 Sagard PE (Toronto and/or Montreal) 2 3y
+6 PE Recruiting Group Chat 2 3y
+4 Private equity compensation structure 4 3y
0 Ardian - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 3y
0 Ardian - Salary & Bonus - Private Equity Data 3y
0 Ardian - Salary & Bonus - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 3y
+3 First round interview prep 2 3y
0 Temasek - Review - Private Equity Data 3y
+12 Top PE Associate Pay 2023 29 3y
+26 How Committed Are You to On-Cycle Recruiting? 11 3y
+4 Seems like on-cycle rumblings are coming, anyone have great study guides / templates / models to better prepare? 4 3y
0 Advent International Corporation - Review - Private Equity Data 3y
0 Advent International Corporation - Salary & Bonus - Private Equity Data 3y
+6 Net working Capital in SaaS 4 3y
+3 Info on Water Street Healthcare Partners? 1 3y
+6 SPLIT EQUITY HELP TIPS 1 3y
+3 Thoughts on Accel-KKR 1 3y
+16 Private Credit/BDC/REIT- Portfolio Management to Investment Associate? 6 3y
+7 Summer Intern Offer - L/S Equity vs. PE 1 3y
+10 VC Interview Process 8 3y
+27 Thoughts on Francisco Partners 30 3y
+6 PE or banking post MBA? 2 3y
+9 KKR SA 2024 Networking 14 3y
+3 Interviewing major PE Secondaries in New York 1 3y
+22 Book: King of Capital. Any Good? 10 3y
+10 Reneging/Recruiting While Signed 7 3y
+7 Hannon Armstrong Private Equity/REIT/Or Other 4 3y
+3 CIM Group Superday - Investments Associate 2 3y
0 Macquarie Group Limited ABN - Review - Infrastructure Data 3y
+9 Q&A: Ask an LP 5 3y
+32 Prudential CIO Analyst vs Hamilton Lane ADP 12 3y
+9 Remote PE/VC 3 3y
0 Water Street Healthcare 1 3y
+1 PE Internship before PE Recruitment 2 3y
0 What is the comp difference between PE and co-invests? 2 3y
+8 Direct Invest in Portfolio Co's? 1 3y
0 Rotation analyst 2 3y
+22 CCMP Capital - Any Insights? 8 3y
+18 Any UMM/MM PE funds with strong work-life balance in Chicago or Boston? 26 3y
+3 Blackstone Math Test 2 3y
+5 Rent in NYC | Moving from Non-NYC City 8 3y
0 Rothschild 1 3y
+20 Apollo Building Better Companies 2023 5 3y
+15 Advice for IB Analyst II heading into PE? 5 3y
+4 SWFs 6 3y
0 Reaching Out To Analysts That Left For PE About Group 2 3y
0 Apax Partners - Review - Generalist Data 3y
0 Apax Partners - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 3y
0 TPG Sixth Street Partners - Interview - NA Data 3y
0 Partners Group - Salary & Bonus - Private Equity Data 3y
+9 Getting crappy work 11 3y
+4 PE Secondaries / Co-Invest roles out of undergrad 1 3y
+3 Dinner / Uber policy at Bain Capital 5 3y
+15 Stripes Group - Fund size / comp? 9 3y
+6 Oaktree - Product Group? 1 3y
+10 Ex BB IB thinking about prepping for buyside opps looking for advice 2 3y
+5 Search Funds 2 3y
0 Private equity internships 1 3y
+94 Most active credit shops in the market? 55 3y
+3 Thoma London Office 1 3y
+48 Top West Coast PE Funds 32 3y
+6 ECM vs PE for a dumb person 7 3y
+5 Is it possible to get into PE without experience in IB, VC? 1 3y
+3 Morgan Stanley Infra Fund (Private Equity) 3 3y
+7 Transition to PE 5 3y
+333 Q&A: Non-target → Top Bucket SSG Private Credit/Direct Lending 66 3y
+29 IB vs PE, if you only want money 20 3y
+3 IB Associate going to PE? 1 3y
+9 T-Street Capital Founder Jumps off Midtown Rooftop Bar in Alleged Suicide Act. Details? 1 3y
+15 What’s going on with GIP? 14 3y
+6 Any Large Funds in NY still recruiting for 2023? 4 3y
+8 Are PE headhunters useful for non-IB analysts? 5 3y
+16 Carlyle Energy 7 3y
+6 Off-cycle recruiting H1 2024 0 3y
+18 How hard is it to place into UMM/MF PE from a BB firm? 15 3y

Career Advancement Opportunities

August 2026 Private Equity

  • The Riverside Company 99.6%
  • Blackstone Group 99.2%
  • KKR (Kohlberg Kravis Roberts) 98.9%
  • Warburg Pincus 98.5%
  • Vista Equity Partners 98.1%

Overall Employee Satisfaction

August 2026 Private Equity

  • Blackstone Group 99.6%
  • KKR (Kohlberg Kravis Roberts) 99.2%
  • The Riverside Company 98.9%
  • Ardian 98.5%
  • Warburg Pincus 98.1%

Professional Growth Opportunities

August 2026 Private Equity

  • Bain Capital 99.6%
  • The Riverside Company 99.2%
  • Blackstone Group 98.9%
  • Starwood Capital Group 98.5%
  • KKR (Kohlberg Kravis Roberts) 98.1%

Total Avg Compensation

August 2026 Private Equity

  • Principal (9) $653
  • Director/MD (24) $547
  • Vice President (99) $363
  • 3rd+ Year Associate (105) $280
  • 2nd Year Associate (235) $272
  • 1st Year Associate (413) $231
  • 3rd+ Year Analyst (33) $157
  • 2nd Year Analyst (97) $134
  • 1st Year Analyst (273) $126
  • Intern/Summer Associate (38) $81
  • Intern/Summer Analyst (355) $61
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