0 Advice on breaking in from Corporate Development ? 3 6y
0 Headhunters in Miami/South Florida? 2 6y
+17 Petroleum Engineer Interested in Oil and Gas Private Equity 5 6y
+13 Energy IBD to Generalist Private Equity? 3 6y
+21 Marc Andreessen on Big Breakthrough Ideas and Courageous Entrepreneurs 1 6y
0 Energy Private Equity in Texas 0 6y
0 Pelican Energy Partners - Houston 2 6y
+26 Anyone know anything about Hudson Advisors in Dallas? 19 6y
0 Congruent Investment Partners 1 6y
0 I work in Miami and I'm a 1st year Consultant: What are my chances in PE? 0 6y
+15 Top MBA / MF PE Chances from a State School 3 6y
+3 Insight Equity in Dallas? 0 6y
+15 Dallas PE Funds? 17 6y
0 What is the overall reputation of Orix USA, the Japanese hedge fund? 3 6y
+15 Salary range for Associate role -- $500MM AUM shop? 5 6y
+55 MBA PE Internships 21 6y
0 Is experience valued at entry level positions in PE 0 6y
+12 International Student Sophomore Internship 1 6y
+3 Easy Entry in the Hospital Acquisition Business 1 6y
+20 Private Equity Salary Expectations 2 6y
+37 Pre-MBA: Engineering vs. Finance... Does it matter? 10 6y
+16 Top Private Equity firms Austin, TX? 18 6y
+58 Should I take a job with Apollo? 25 6y
+15 Biology + Business Development/Client Relation background - How to break into finance? 2 6y
+45 Consulting to PE with market/commercial due diligence experience 8 6y
+7 atl vs dal 2 6y
+3 The Sterling Group Houston 1 6y
+9 Expected Analyst Comp at a Fundless Sponsor 1 6y
+9 Fulcrum Capital Holdings? 5 6y
+9 Deal Flow versus Brand for Buyside Exits 2 6y
+12 Should I Take My PE Internship Offer? 1 6y
+12 BX REPE vs BB (GS/MS) IBD 3 6y
+41 Am I an idiot for trying to pivot to PE? 10 6y
+16 Due Diligence on PE Deal 5 6y
+13 Need help getting a full time job, undergrad from India graduating this December !! 1 6y
+6 Independent Sponsor Conference - Dallas 1 6y
+9 Boutique PE firm vs. Deloitte Federal? 1 6y
+4 Ridgemont Equity Partners (Charlotte, NC) salaries? 2 6y
+18 CDD strategy consultant interested in PE 1 6y
+9 Anyone have any insight into 777 Partners in Miami? 6 6y
+23 Best odds to get into PE: Consulting or IB Energy? 5 6y
+12 Black Dragon Capital - Comments? 1 6y
+6 Miami / South Florida Private Equity Compensation 3 6y
+7 Trivest Partners - Miami 3 6y
0 Anybody heard of Cervantes Capital or can comment on it? 2 6y
0 KKR Menlo Park: focused on Technology/Biotech deals & general West Coast operations? 21 6y
+6 PE in Los Angeles 18 6y
0 Triton Pacific Capital Partners 3 6y
+124 The Next Big Thing 180 6y
+24 Best West Coast PE Shops? 35 6y
+6 Alpine Investors in San Francisco 5 6y
+19 Hercules Technology Growth Capital: more information 13 6y
0 CalPERs and CalSTERs 0 6y
0 Analyst vs Associate title 1 6y
0 Grey Mountain Partners 6 6y
0 Blackstone San Francisco 1 6y
0 Tech-focused funds near SF? 11 6y
+12 PE Real Estate summer internship vs IBD offers 13 6y
+10 Hotels 101 5 6y
0 Resource Land Private Equity 4 6y
0 San Diego Private Equity finafunbds looking for public-companies investments 0 6y
+22 Zynga, Facebook, Groupon Colossal Valuations! 18 6y
0 Need Advice TODAY!! question about series 7/ private equity 5 6y
0 Soul-Sucking Accounting --> RE Private Equity 4 6y
0 Skype Options and Silver Lake 3 6y
+8 Anyone heard of OpenGate Capital? Los Angeles 6 6y
+15 Looking for opinions 2 6y
0 Y Combinator 14 6y
+7 Looking for friends/collaboration in the PE world... 3 6y
0 Newport Beach, CA Private Equity 13 6y
0 CMBS Internship vs. Private Equity Internship 3 6y
0 Offered an internship for well known RE PE shop as an incoming Senior in Los Angeles. What do you think? 11 6y
0 Looking For Roommate in San Francisco Area 1 6y
0 Private Equity Advice 0 6y
+17 PhD in life science to PE? (vs. other options such as management consulting) 8 6y
+11 summer of 2013. Who's left? 12 6y
0 Cost of Capital - Web Series 20 6y
0 Megafund West Coast Recruiting - Summer 2013 Decision Thread 4 6y
+14 MBB ---> PE Megafund - what's the gameplan? 3 6y
0 TPG Specialty Finance - San Fran? 0 6y
0 Let's make a deal 5 6y
+13 Should Pension Funds invest in Private Equity? 5 6y
0 Moving Compensation 5 6y
0 Inside scoop on career opportunities in Denver/Boulder area in Colorado 12 6y
0 Ebola.com sold for $200K 1 6y
+21 How do you know if you're truly interested in tech? 7 6y
0 Analyst position out of UG - 125MM AUM firm in Cali - Exit Opps/Comp? 0 6y
+213 Life after PE - the other road 41 6y
0 Private Debt Fund Internships - Startdate ASAP 0 6y
+31 Square's IPO: Silicon Valley Finance meets Wall Street 8 6y
+51 Denver Private Equity 48 6y
+6 Boulder, CO - Grey Mountain Partners 8 6y
0 Unreasonable? 0 6y
+18 PE perks 17 6y
0 MM Analyst After 1 Year - Experienced Analysts (IB & PE/GE) Advice Needed (desperately) 0 6y
+86 Uber last 3.5B$ Raise - Debt disguised as Equity? (Technical Disc.) 29 6y
+82 Cracks in the PE Bubble Beginning to Show? 52 6y
+15 Non-GS/MS/Q/JPM BB tech group placement for SF PE? 7 6y
0 Treasury at a PE Shop 0 6y
+22 Los Angeles Private Equity/Family Office Scene 18 6y

Career Advancement Opportunities

June 2026 Private Equity

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

Overall Employee Satisfaction

June 2026 Private Equity

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

Professional Growth Opportunities

June 2026 Private Equity

  • Bain Capital 99.6%
  • The Riverside Company 99.3%
  • Blackstone Group 98.9%
  • Starwood Capital Group 98.5%
  • KKR (Kohlberg Kravis Roberts) 98.1%

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  • Director/MD (24) $547
  • Vice President (98) $365
  • 3rd+ Year Associate (104) $281
  • 2nd Year Associate (235) $272
  • 1st Year Associate (411) $229
  • 3rd+ Year Analyst (33) $157
  • 2nd Year Analyst (97) $134
  • 1st Year Analyst (272) $124
  • Intern/Summer Associate (38) $81
  • Intern/Summer Analyst (355) $62
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