0 Charlesbank Capital Partners - Review - Generalist Data 7y
0 Charlesbank Capital Partners - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 7y
0 Blackstone Group - Review - Finance Data 7y
0 Blackstone Group - Salary & Bonus - Finance Data 7y
+6 PE training materials/playbook 1 7y
0 Blackstone Group - Interview - Finance Data 7y
+27 Working with MBB as a client 2 7y
0 Oaktree Capital Management - Review - Generalist Data 7y
0 Oaktree Capital Management - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 7y
0 Vista Equity Partners - Review - Generalist Data 7y
0 Vista Equity Partners - Salary & Bonus - Credit Data 7y
0 Allianz - Review - Generalist Data 7y
0 Allianz - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 7y
+9 Creating Value through Sales 1 7y
0 Blackstone Group - Interview - Leveraged Buyouts Data 7y
+15 Corporate Development to PE - Does it happen? 4 7y
+86 Breakfast introduction 5 7y
0 Morgan Stanley - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 7y
+25 Search Fund Internship 16 7y
+12 Help me prove nemesis wrong: What is the devaluation to existing SHs in scenario below? 1 7y
0 Alpine Investors - Interview - Leveraged Buyouts Data 7y
0 Bainbridge Consulting - Review - Financial Sponsors Data 7y
0 Bainbridge Consulting - Salary & Bonus - Financial Sponsors Data 7y
0 Temasek - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 7y
0 Barings - Salary & Bonus - Private Equity Data 7y
+20 BVal to PE? 14 7y
0 Sciens Capital - Salary & Bonus - Private Equity Data 7y
+3 CPPIB PE FIG Team 1 7y
+14 Infrastructure Private Equity team - Modelling Test 3 7y
+17 Blackstone GSO 7 7y
+6 Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets... updated information? 1 7y
0 Partners Group - Review - Oil & Gas Data 7y
0 Partners Group - Salary & Bonus - Oil & Gas Data 7y
+15 How can LBO debt be put on targets balance Sheet? 6 7y
+20 ~$100mm fund analyst offer straight from undergrad- to take or not? 9 7y
+23 LMM PE lifystyle 10 7y
0 The Riverside Company - Salary & Bonus - Private Equity Data 7y
0 K1 Capital - Salary & Bonus - Private Equity Data 7y
+10 PE firms that independently source deals 5 7y
+23 Question about PE Internships 10 7y
0 K1 Capital - Interview - Leveraged Buyouts Data 7y
+85 How much do you learn as a 3rd year IB Analyst vs 3rd year PE Associate? (How common is a 3rd year in PE?) 42 7y
+3 Study MD or PhD in Life sciences for healthcare private equity? 1 7y
0 CITIC Capital - Salary & Bonus - Private Equity Data 7y
+23 Impact Private Equity --- what do I tell the head hunters??? 5 7y
0 PwC - Salary & Bonus - Other Data 7y
0 The Riverside Company - Review - NA Data 7y
0 The Riverside Company - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 7y
+13 ERP and Business Intelligence software for LMM PE portfolio companies 2 7y
+164 Q&A: 2nd year BA/A/AC at MBB going to UMM/MF in 2020 59 7y
0 Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan - Interview - Natural Resources Data 7y
+8 Seeking Help for Private Equity Interview Case Study (Urgent) 4 7y
+272 Private Equity or Pizza Equity? 71 7y
0 Hamilton Lane - Review - Business Development Data 7y
0 Hamilton Lane - Salary & Bonus - Business Development Data 7y
+9 Meal Plan Options 1 7y
+13 Advisor Role - First Time Fund 4 7y
+8 Cinven 7 7y
+3 Security Token Offerings list 3 7y
0 Satori Capital - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 7y
+126 Q&A: Big4 Consulting to Private Equity, now M7 MBA 26 7y
0 Silver Lake - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 7y
+9 CapitalSpring - Restaurant Private equity 1 7y
+6 Corporate PE vs REPE Development focus - Who posts a higher IRR? 3 7y
+24 How to Leverage a Private Equity Firm? 2 7y
+21 LBO Modelling questions (Debt Schedule) 1 7y
+12 PE vacancy: what role is this? 1 7y
+4 Hedge Fund PM breaking into PE? 2 7y
+34 Question about carried interest 10 7y
0 Turtle Holdings - Interview - Leveraged Buyouts Data 7y
0 Landmark Partners - Salary & Bonus - Risk Management Data 7y
0 Aurelius - Interview - Investments Data 7y
+38 PE fund investing comp 16 7y
+4 Tier 2 consulting (Parthenon, LEK, AT Kearney) to MM PE? 3 7y
0 McCarthy Capital - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 7y
+9 PE Firm K-1 Software System or Platform 1 7y
+9 What is a better career path, REPE or Corporate PE? 3 7y
+31 Weighing PE Offers 8 7y
0 OMERS - Interview - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 7y
+12 Junior Product Manager @ PE Firm Career Progression 1 7y
0 Apollo Global Management - Interview - Generalist Data 7y
0 LaSalle Investment Management - Review - Real Estate Data 7y
0 LaSalle Investment Management - Salary & Bonus - Real Estate Data 7y
+6 Search Fund (Micro PE) vs Micro REPE Returns 1 7y
0 Cerberus Capital Management - Review - Operations Data 7y
0 Cerberus Capital Management - Salary & Bonus - Operations Data 7y
+19 PE Career Path after MBA 10 7y
+13 Which PE Funds have Generalist programs? 6 7y
+9 Networking to find Clients & Investors 1 7y
0 Ernst & Young LLP - Review - Audit Data 7y
0 Ernst & Young LLP - Salary & Bonus - Audit Data 7y
0 Prudential Capital Group - Review - Generalist Data 7y
0 Prudential Capital Group - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 7y
+16 Industry-Specific PE in a Recessionary Environment 3 7y
0 Blackstone Group - Review - Real Estate Data 7y
0 Blackstone Group - Salary & Bonus - Real Estate Data 7y
+52 What is "Street" MM PE Compensation for Associate 1 & 2 and Senior Assoc. (3rd year) 31 7y
0 TPG Global - Salary & Bonus - Operations Data 7y
+19 How to spend my free time in banking? 2 7y
+12 When to remove GPA from resume? 10 7y

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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