0 Bain Capital - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 8y
+16 Private equity in developing markets 6 8y
+3 Flexpoint Ford? 1 8y
+3 PE resources for recruiting 1 8y
0 Carlyle Group - Salary & Bonus - Private Equity Data 8y
0 Equity Office Properties - Salary & Bonus - Corporate Finance Data 8y
+4 Private Equity for Summer 2019 Start 1 8y
0 Cerberus Capital Management - Review - Private Equity Data 8y
0 Accel-KKR - Salary & Bonus - Private Equity Data 8y
0 Cerberus Capital Management - Salary & Bonus - Private Equity Data 8y
+43 Mega Fund Placement out of BB LevFin 16 8y
+10 loan oriented fund? 15 8y
+16 Technical question: modeling NOLs 5 8y
+12 The top companies offering tier 2 sponsorsh 1 8y
+3 Recruiting from lesser known boutique banks 1 8y
0 KKR (Kohlberg Kravis Roberts) - Interview - Investor Relations Data 8y
+3 Saint Elias Cognitive does now not 1 8y
+3 Platinum Equity - Culture? 3 8y
0 Partners Group - Salary & Bonus - Investments Data 8y
0 Temasek - Review - Healthcare Data 8y
0 Temasek - Salary & Bonus - Healthcare Data 8y
0 Undergraduate Engineering GPA for Megafund 2 8y
0 Brookfield Asset Management - Salary & Bonus - Private Equity Data 8y
0 Silicon Valley Bank - Interview - Venture Capital Data 8y
+3 ASKe el asd asda ;sdk as . 1 8y
+9 Has Anyone Paid for L2 Research? (Founded by Scott Galloway) 1 8y
0 Silver Lake - Salary & Bonus - Private Equity Data 8y
0 Alpine Investors - Interview - Software Data 8y
0 First Reserve - Salary & Bonus - Private Equity Data 8y
0 A peek through the recruiter's mind 3 8y
0 Apollo Global Management - Salary & Bonus - Credit Data 8y
0 Apollo Global Management - Review - Credit Data 8y
0 Apollo Global Management - Salary & Bonus - Credit Data 8y
+3 Private Equity Modeling Guides - Free 1 8y
0 K1 Capital - Salary & Bonus - Private Equity Data 8y
+12 PE Fof Interview - Excel Test 1 8y
+9 The Best Investment Professionals 1 8y
+16 (time sensitive, please help) When are references called? 3 8y
+6 Other "cross-asset" funds similar to Blackstone Tactical Opportunities? 5 8y
0 Blackstone Group - Review - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 8y
0 Blackstone Group - Salary & Bonus - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 8y
0 Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec - Salary & Bonus - Private Equity Data 8y
0 Brookfield Asset Management - Salary & Bonus - Real Estate Data 8y
+3 Insight venture partners intern interview 1 8y
0 EIG Global Energy Partners - Salary & Bonus - Oil & Gas Data 8y
0 EIG Global Energy Partners - Salary & Bonus - Oil & Gas Data 8y
0 Lone Star Funds - Salary & Bonus - Private Equity Data 8y
+29 Leaving MBB for MM PE career advice 7 8y
0 Partners Group - Interview - Private Equity Data 8y
0 The Abraaj Group - Review - NA Data 8y
+30 Estimate Levered IRR from Unlevered IRR? 7 8y
0 Morgan Stanley - Interview - Investment Management Data 8y
+39 Analyzing Manufacturing facilities in Private Equity 17 8y
+12 Sightway Capital, a Two Sigma company ?? 5 8y
0 Guttenberg Housing Authority - Interview - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 8y
0 JMI Equity - Review - Technology, Media and Telecom (TMT) Data 8y
0 JMI Equity - Salary & Bonus - Technology, Media and Telecom (TMT) Data 8y
0 Earlybird Venture Capital - Interview - Venture Capital Data 8y
+20 Infrastructure sectors - valuing different asset types 2 8y
0 Pre-MBA Private Equity Resumes 2 8y
+15 How to assign an arbitrary multiplier for network effects as a venture backed company scales 4 8y
+12 Groups like GS SSG 19 8y
+5 Non-Target to MF? 2 8y
0 Alpine Investors - Interview - Generalist Data 8y
0 Prudential Capital Group - Review - Private Equity Data 8y
0 Prudential Capital Group - Salary & Bonus - Private Equity Data 8y
0 GTCR - Review - Generalist Data 8y
0 GTCR - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 8y
0 Boyne Capital - Salary & Bonus - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 8y
+14 City Light Capital: Any info? 7 8y
+12 How to not upset this headhunter? 1 8y
0 MM PE Salary Progression 4 8y
0 Temasek - Salary & Bonus - Natural Resources Data 8y
+18 Aquiline Capital Partners Analyst Program 5 8y
0 PE Operations Team 13 8y
+21 Private Equity Operational Improvement roles 8 8y
0 Meridiam Infrastructure - Salary & Bonus - Project Finance Data 8y
+21 Help: Accept PE Offer or Corp Dev Offer? 13 8y
+10 PE Finance Question 3 8y
+13 LLR Partners - Any Insight? 5 8y
+23 Cold Recruiting 10 8y
+3 Watson-Gleason Test for PE Interview 2 8y
+20 Pre-Money vs Post Money Valuation 8 8y
+3 Which sophomore internship would be valued more highly to MF analyst recruiting? 3 8y
+9 Tecum Capital - Thoughts? 3 8y
0 LGT Capital Partners - Salary & Bonus - Growth Equity Data 8y
+16 No name boutique or Big 4 TAS to get to private equity? 2 8y
0 BB PE Secondaries/Co-Investments vs BB S&T for Sophomore Internship - help!!! 1 8y
0 TPG Global - Review - Natural Resources Data 8y
0 TPG Global - Salary & Bonus - Natural Resources Data 8y
+12 Levine Leichtman / Platinum Equity (LA) 6 8y
0 Vista Equity Partners - Interview - Investment Research Data 8y
0 Silicon Valley Bank - Interview - Venture Capital Data 8y
0 CPP Investment Board - Review - Leveraged Buyouts Data 8y
0 Westport Capital Partners - Interview - Real Estate Data 8y
+38 Going straight into PE megafund skipping IB: Need Advice 16 8y
0 Blackstone Group - Review - Leveraged Buyouts Data 8y
0 Blackstone Group - Salary & Bonus - Leveraged Buyouts Data 8y
+10 How is pre-MBA PE experience in a different emerging market viewed by MFs and other mid/smaller firms here (in US)? 4 8y
0 Credit Suisse - Review - Private Equity Data 8y

Career Advancement Opportunities

June 2026 Private Equity

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

Total Avg Compensation

June 2026 Private Equity

  • Principal (9) $653
  • 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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