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0 Blackstone Group - Review - Corporate Finance Data 8y
0 Blackstone Group - Salary & Bonus - Corporate Finance Data 8y
0 Private Equity Interview First Round.. How Do I Prepare? 3 8y
0 StepStone Group - Review - Private Equity Data 8y
0 StepStone Group - Salary & Bonus - Private Equity Data 8y
+12 L Catterton, New Mountain Capital, Charlesbank 5 8y
+3 Typical hours for an Infrastructure Asset Management summer intern? 1 8y
0 Apollo Global Management - Review - Private Equity Data 8y
0 Apollo Global Management - Salary & Bonus - Private Equity Data 8y
0 The Riverside Company - Review - Private Equity Data 8y
0 The Riverside Company - Salary & Bonus - Private Equity Data 8y
0 Silver Lake - Salary & Bonus - Private Equity Data 8y
+5 Structuring management rollover and promote in practice 4 8y
0 Thoughts on Maranon Capital? 2 8y
0 Credit Suisse - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 8y
+10 Where will PE be in 2 years? 8 8y
+3 How to make top tier bonus in PE at Associate / VP level? 1 8y
0 Prudential Real Estate Investors - Salary & Bonus - Asset Management Data 8y
0 Prudential Real Estate Investors - Salary & Bonus - Asset Management Data 8y
+3 THL Interviews? 1 8y
0 Ares Management Corporation - Review - Credit Data 8y
0 Ares Management Corporation - Salary & Bonus - Credit Data 8y
+130 MM IBD (Analyst) > MM PE (Associate) > MM PE (Senior Associate) - Here to answer any and all questions! 47 8y
0 Kamylon Capital - Interview - Generalist Data 8y
+23 LBO: Sources and Uses question 13 8y
0 Cold email the controller? Who to cold email. 1 8y
+30 Including "dead" deals on resume? 17 8y
0 PwC - Review - NA Data 8y
0 PwC - Salary & Bonus - NA Data 8y
+83 Financial modelling on the buyside 29 8y
0 Internship After Freshman Year? 2 8y
+3 exit ops from ( think Imperial Capital, GLC ) 1 8y
0 Clarion Partners - Review - Accounting Data 8y
0 Clarion Partners - Salary & Bonus - Accounting Data 8y
+37 Apply for PE position without M&A transaction experience 45 8y
+133 Do's & Dont's - 1st Year Private Equity Associate 41 8y
0 Northwest Venture Partners - Interview - Venture Capital Data 8y
+12 Difference between Associate & VP? 1 8y
+135 Can someone break down PE Associate exit opportunities? 139 8y
0 JC Flowers 9 8y
0 Oman Investment Fund - Salary & Bonus - Private Equity Data 8y
0 Oman Investment Fund - Salary & Bonus - Private Equity Data 8y
0 Oman Investment Fund - Salary & Bonus - Private Equity Data 8y
0 AJ Capital Partners - Salary & Bonus - Real Estate Data 8y
+3 Stripes Group? 1 8y
0 PE Partner track 2 8y
+9 Transportation problems reducing income in an LBO target 1 8y
+27 Post-MBA Associate -> PE 5 8y
0 Bain Capital - Review - Industrials Data 8y
0 Bain Capital - Salary & Bonus - Industrials Data 8y
0 Triangle Capital Corporation - Interview - Generalist Data 8y
0 CIC Partners - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 8y
+5 Evaluating Portfolio Company Talent 2 8y
0 Sponsors Paying for Lender's Legal Fees 2 8y
0 Rothschild - Review - Private Equity Data 8y
0 Rothschild - Salary & Bonus - Private Equity Data 8y
+10 how to study for PE interview 3 8y
+6 Opus Advisors Client List 4 8y
+23 MM PE vs. Consulting vs Credit out of Undergrad 8 8y
0 Rosewood Private Investments - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 8y
0 Strategy& - Salary & Bonus - Management Consulting Data 8y
0 Starwood Capital Group - Review - Real Estate Data 8y
0 Starwood Capital Group - Salary & Bonus - Real Estate Data 8y
0 Intermediate Capital Group - Salary & Bonus - Private Equity Data 8y
0 Intermediate Capital Group - Salary & Bonus - Private Equity Data 8y
+15 Audax Group PE vs. Guggenheim IBD SA 8 8y
0 Difference between Portfolio Manager and Private Equity Investment Teams? 1 8y
0 A.E. Feldman - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 8y
0 DCF Valuation down to the unit ecomonics 2 8y
+22 Physician, Consultant, no deal experience but interested in PE 9 8y
0 Alpine Investors - Interview - Private Equity Data 8y
+8 Energy PE 20 8y
+33 Does graduating in 4.5 years look really bad to PE firms? 15 8y
0 Nets Acquired by Hellman & Friedman 0 8y
0 Pine Brook - Salary & Bonus - NA Data 8y
0 VectorSpan - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 8y
0 VectorSpan - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 8y
0 VectorSpan - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 8y
0 Abacus Capital Partners LLC - Salary & Bonus - Prime Brokerage Data 8y
0 HFF Securities L.P. - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 8y
+14 Initiating interview process through headhunter or contacts at firms? 8 8y
0 Investment team salaries as percent of total management fee? 2 8y
0 Allied Irish Banks - Salary & Bonus - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 8y
0 Greenspring Associates - Interview - NA Data 8y
0 Blackmore Partners - Interview - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 8y
+5 Headhunters - 2017 3 8y
0 Ares Management PE SA Interview 4 8y
0 AUA Private Equity Partners, LLC - Salary & Bonus - Private Equity Data 8y
0 Court Square Capital Partners - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 8y
0 Court Square Capital Partners - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 8y
+4 Why is Centerbridge so respected? 3 8y
+3 Detail on Plenary Group 1 8y
0 GIC Government of Singapore Investment Corporation - Review - Generalist Data 8y
0 GIC Government of Singapore Investment Corporation - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 8y
0 Goldman Sachs - Salary & Bonus - Debt Capital Markets Data 8y
0 Orix - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 8y
0 Apax Partners - Salary & Bonus - Private Equity Data 8y
0 Ballast Point Ventures - Salary & Bonus - NA Data 8y
0 Tiny PE -> MBA -> BB FSG Associate -> Large PE? 4 8y

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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%
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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%
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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%
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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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