0 Unreasonable? 0 6y
0 Private Debt Fund Internships - Startdate ASAP 0 6y
0 Analyst position out of UG - 125MM AUM firm in Cali - Exit Opps/Comp? 0 6y
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0 Inside scoop on career opportunities in Denver/Boulder area in Colorado 12 6y
0 Moving Compensation 5 6y
0 Let's make a deal 5 6y
0 TPG Specialty Finance - San Fran? 0 6y
0 Megafund West Coast Recruiting - Summer 2013 Decision Thread 4 6y
0 Cost of Capital - Web Series 20 6y
0 Private Equity Advice 0 6y
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0 Offered an internship for well known RE PE shop as an incoming Senior in Los Angeles. What do you think? 11 6y
0 CMBS Internship vs. Private Equity Internship 3 6y
0 Newport Beach, CA Private Equity 13 6y
0 Y Combinator 14 6y
0 Skype Options and Silver Lake 3 6y
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0 Need Advice TODAY!! question about series 7/ private equity 5 6y
0 San Diego Private Equity finafunbds looking for public-companies investments 0 6y
0 Resource Land Private Equity 4 6y
0 Tech-focused funds near SF? 11 6y
0 Blackstone San Francisco 1 6y
0 Grey Mountain Partners 6 6y
0 Analyst vs Associate title 1 6y
0 CalPERs and CalSTERs 0 6y
0 Triton Pacific Capital Partners 3 6y
0 KKR Menlo Park: focused on Technology/Biotech deals & general West Coast operations? 21 6y
0 Anybody heard of Cervantes Capital or can comment on it? 2 6y
+6 Looking for PE funds that don't use leverage 5 6y
+129 Highest paying financial jobs (/best financial firms) in the Detroit area? 217 6y
+63 Best non-MBA masters degrees for career-changers/starters...with the end goal being PE 52 6y
+42 Chicago - Megafund placement 27 6y
+41 Community Banker or Car Dealer? 7 6y
+35 How do I get into PE? 6 6y
+32 End Career Goal Private Equity, what should I be doing currently? 6 6y
+31 Chicago PE Recruiting 20 6y
+26 PE Associate Offer - Comp Too Low? 29 6y
+26 MBB Post-MBA to PE - what to do 4 6y
+26 Where would you rather live 29 6y
+25 Suggested/Necessary GPA for Middle Market Credit Fund or PE recruiting? (Intern or Analyst) 6 6y
+23 Big4 audit to private equity opportunity 3 6y
+22 Chicago Buy-Side Exit Strategy for Someone Not Local? 6 6y
+21 PE Recruiting for Non-Ivy League Candidates 7 6y
+20 PE Operations to MBA? Currently No PE/IB Background 5 6y
+18 Understanding yet-realized IRR on capital allocator returns reporting 1 6y
+18 MM regional PE firm associate salary PLZ HELP! 24 6y
+17 Chicago PE shops. Apollo? Ares? 17 6y
+17 PE / HF in Chicago 31 6y
+16 MBB to MF PE 1 6y
+13 Undergraduate GPA affecting MF placement 5 6y
+12 Finished internship at a LMM PE Firm, what now? 1 6y
+12 Non-Target > Back Office > Family Office > Private Equity 1 6y
+12 Stocks are getting pounded today as the Facebook data scandal slams tech sector 1 6y
+9 Internship interview to offer time frame 1 6y
+9 Recruiter Reactions to Being Let Go 1 6y
+7 Palisades Arcadia Baseball LLC ... HWS Group 0 6y
+3 Looking for Energy Focused PE Shots in Chicago 1 6y
0 PE Co-invest & Secondary Shop vs Consulting @ Deloitte S&O 0 6y
0 Breaking into Private Equity 0 6y
0 Portfolio Analyst at Mid-Market Fund (Senior Debt, Mezzanine and co-equity) vs. Big 4 Audit Senior for eventual PE position 0 6y
0 Switching to Finance after 1.5 years in RE with a high undergrad GPA 1 6y
0 Infrastructure PE in Chicago? 1 6y
0 Chicago Buy-Side Recruiting, Coming from another market 2 6y
0 Harrison Street-Real Estate PE 5 6y
0 Capitalization Table Modeling (Wall Street Prep seminar) 0 6y
0 PEAC 3 6y
0 Could I still get into PE with this type of experience? 19 6y
0 BIO 2013 - Chicago 5 6y
0 TPG Credit Management in Minneapolis! 6 6y
0 Recruiters for Chicago Area? 37 6y
0 Morgan Stanley Infrastructure (MSI) Fund 6 6y
0 Please help going from PE to MBA back to PE 3 6y
0 Average Salary for Investment Analyst 4 6y
0 anybody heard of NCT ventures in ohio? 0 6y
0 Entry level Equity Trader Chicago 9 6y
0 Return to Private Equity post MBA from Chicago Booth 9 6y
0 Partner meeting 0 6y
0 Valor Equity Partners - Chicago 0 6y
0 evaluate my PE associate offer 15 6y
0 JP Morgan Capital Corporation 3 6y
0 HUGE favor to ask 3 6y
0 Harvard MBA's and PE Shops why so many??? 33 6y
0 MBA Student looking to break in to Private Equity - Seeking Advice 8 6y
0 Take the money?? 3 6y
+130 A little advice from a F50 executive 15 6y
+115 My Life - How I got into PE 45 6y
+88 Horrid Boss gets a smack in the mouth 72 6y
+86 Quitting with no gig lined up - deathwish? 59 6y
+66 [Experience] Road to PE - Investment Analyst in a MegaFund 20 6y
+63 Life in small PE funds (less than 300 million in AUM) 34 6y
+56 PE Recruiting in London 16 6y
+50 Consulting to PE: Portfolio Teams 14 6y
+39 Private Equity in London - US MFs vs European Funds 19 6y
+37 Terra Firma Second Round Interview 44 6y
+35 European regional office at top BB (GS/MS) vs MBB for London PE exits? 9 6y
+34 PE vs. Corporate M&A 11 6y
+33 Is My Upcoming Scheduled Phone Call with HR a Rejection on its Way? (3 working days post final round interview) 11 6y
+33 Buy Side: An unorthodox route 10 6y
+29 Is Geneva worth relocating to? 29 6y

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%

Professional Growth Opportunities

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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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  • 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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