+10 Blackstone Strategic Partners - Secondaries (Recruiting, Comp, Culture) 18 5y
+12 Ergon Capital Partners 5 5y
0 Altamont Capital - Interview - Generalist Data 5y
+9 Two offers - Need advice for first job out of uni 1 5y
+9 Comprehensive Evaluation of Private Equity as a Career 1 5y
+111 How much do you spend on rent as an associate making 275-325? 72 5y
+10 Fund of Funds Private Equity 6 5y
+10 Savings before and after business school 12 5y
0 JPD Enterprises - Interview - Generalist Data 5y
+10 At Will Employment and Notice Period IB -> PE 3 5y
0 Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan - Interview - Private Equity Data 5y
0 PJT Partners - Interview - Real Estate Data 5y
+6 Accel-KKR Compensation 1 5y
0 PwC - Review - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 5y
0 Kroll - Salary & Bonus - Valuation Data 5y
0 Insight on Kennet Partners 1 5y
+3 GIP Modelling Test 1 5y
+2 Girls Who Invest vs. Advent 6 5y
0 PE frims by category 2 5y
+3 Info on Parthenon Capital? 1 5y
0 Morgan Stanley - Salary & Bonus - Private Equity Data 5y
+9 Investment memo and supplementary investment analysis slides on a Private Equity co-invest fund 1 5y
+3 Lateral in PE 6 5y
0 Inverness Graham Investments - Interview - Private Equity Data 5y
0 SoftBank Investment Advisers Modelling Test? 2 5y
0 Sprott Asset Management - Salary & Bonus - Mining Data 5y
+35 Slightly Underpaid - Should I leave? 18 5y
+7 H&F Raise Over $24 billion for Tenth Fund 11 5y
0 Valuation of Intangible asset - R MODEL 1 5y
0 The Burgiss Group - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 5y
+14 How do you feel about PE Firms having Giant Internal Ops Teams? 3 5y
0 INVESCO Asset Management - Salary & Bonus - Credit Data 5y
+3 Flexibility of Office Location? Era of WFH & Zoom 1 5y
+6 Vista/SLP vs. PJT/EVR 12 5y
+2 Joined a PE firm this week 1 5y
+39 Thoughts on H&F and CD&R 20 5y
+6 Anybody worked at investment consulting before/after PE? 1 5y
+6 Private Equity Compensation Survey 1 5y
+4 Rothschild London Exits? 5 5y
+3 KKR Summer Analyst 2022 2 5y
0 Blackstone Maths Test 2 5y
0 Constitution Capital Partners - Interview - Private Equity Data 5y
0 KKR Private Credit - Credit Solutions Info? 3 5y
+11 Is PE recruiting easy at consulting friendly firms? 3 5y
0 HarbourVest - Review - Finance Data 5y
0 HarbourVest - Salary & Bonus - Finance Data 5y
0 Pritzker Private Capital - Interview - Generalist Data 5y
0 Google Interviews 1 5y
0 General Atlantic - Review - Strategy and Operations Data 5y
0 General Atlantic - Salary & Bonus - Strategy and Operations Data 5y
+16 Average PE Base Salary 27 5y
0 Mapletree Investments - Review - Real Estate Data 5y
0 Mapletree Investments - Salary & Bonus - Real Estate Data 5y
+3 Does anyone have experience in Healthcare and FinTech? Would appreciate some insights. 1 5y
+3 DigitalBridge 1 5y
+9 Is a long term career in investing right for me? 1 5y
0 Cerberus Capital Management - Salary & Bonus - Real Estate Data 5y
+19 Private Markets Roles at Tiger Cubs 11 5y
0 IDG Capital Partners - Review - Venture Capital Data 5y
+3 KKR Credit SA 2022 22 5y
+6 Lightyear Capital 2 5y
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0 Boston Consulting Group - Salary & Bonus - Strategy and Operations Data 5y
0 Ccxxxcfccff 1 5y
0 international alliance associates - Interview - Investment Banking Data 5y
+9 Sophomore Internship Advice 7 5y
+2 Silver Lake SA 2022 53 5y
+1 Goldman mbd Superday Response 1 5y
+3 Private Credit/Direct Lending Interview 3 5y
+29 Life After Private Credit? 17 5y
0 Court Square Capital Partners - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 5y
+12 Post-MBA - Being In a "Dead" Vertical 1 5y
+3 Company break-up 1 5y
+8 Morrisons buyout by CD&R 7 5y
+3 KPIs 1 5y
0 KKR Growth - TMT 2022, London, Analyst 5 5y
+10 Do Associates' backgrounds convey information about the quality of a fund? 5 5y
0 JUMP Investors - Review - Venture Capital Data 5y
0 EIG Global Energy Partners - Salary & Bonus - Energy Data 5y
+12 PE Case Study Question 2 5y
0 Morgan Stanley - Salary & Bonus - Other Data 5y
+9 Majority Buy-Out PE 1 5y
+6 Best Books Under 200 Pages 18 5y
0 StepStone Group - Interview - Private Equity Data 5y
+13 LBO practice models 3 5y
+1 PE/PC Fund of Fund Analyst Interview Advice? 2 5y
0 Ares Management Corporation - Review - Credit Data 5y
0 Ares Management Corporation - Salary & Bonus - Credit Data 5y
0 PE vs IB Sophomore internship 4 5y
0 When does MF FT campus hiring start? 2 5y
0 PE Pay Increase? 2 5y
+7 PE vs. Consulting WLB 11 5y
+6 Sophomore Advent International Internship 2 5y
+10 Career Advice MM -> UMM / MF (Europe / UK) 1 5y
+3 what is the private equity playbook for workers in portfolio companies? 1 5y
+6 Buy Side Credit Process 3 5y
+12 IB Associate vs PE Analyst 6 5y
+6 Accel 2022 SA 5 5y
0 Fosun - Review - Investment Grade Finance Data 5y
0 A 1 5y

Career Advancement Opportunities

November 2026 Private Equity

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  • 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%

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

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  • 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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