0 The Bascom Group - Review - Real Estate Data 10mo
0 Terms of Debt Financing on SaaS LBOs for MM Firms 1 10mo
0 LMM Secondaries Interview 1 10mo
+10 Thoughts on Kline Hill Partners? 16 10mo
0 Finding Family Office 1 10mo
0 Sofina - Review - Private Equity Data 10mo
0 3h PE Secondaries Case Study in Singapore 1 10mo
0 Goldman Sachs - Salary & Bonus - Operations Data 10mo
+4 Apollo Thematic Investment Team 10 10mo
+5 Took $70K Pay-Cut for Job. Need UMM/MF to Justify 5 10mo
0 How untapped is emerging market PE at the moment? 1 10mo
+10 Leaving MBB a year before PE offer 5 10mo
+19 Accept on-cycle offer and then switch banks for a year? 5 10mo
0 Morgan Stanley - Review - Investment Management Data 10mo
0 Morgan Stanley - Salary & Bonus - Investment Management Data 10mo
+6 Gas Test Atmospheres Training at Milcom Institute 0 10mo
+6 Anyone uses Anthropic for financial services? 1 10mo
+9 Corporate Finance | Private Equity | Asset Management 1 10mo
+6 Canada PE Comp 12 10mo
+16 Feeling burnt out from IB is PE the promised land or is the grass always greener on the other side? 2 10mo
0 Pathways to UMM/MF PE from MBA 1 10mo
+46 Private Equity Exit to Sports 11 10mo
+91 Midlife Crisis at 25 in PE, freaking out and miserable 27 10mo
+8 ASC program of 4 Years 8 10mo
+9 Private Equity in Germany - carrer move, taxation, equity stakes, lifestyle 1 10mo
+119 Attracted to new hire 60 10mo
0 Helios Investment Partners - Review - Natural Resources Data 10mo
0 Helios Investment Partners - Salary & Bonus - Natural Resources Data 10mo
+5 Thoughts on Aurora Capital (LA) in 2024? Culture, Comp, Performance. 2 10mo
+3 Investcorp NYC 4 10mo
+14 Investcorp 11 10mo
+3 Best quizlet for financial modeling 2 10mo
0 AI Use Cases in PE 2 10mo
+9 BC Partners fighting with own portco? 0 10mo
+11 What’s the deal with Compass Diversified Holdings (CODI)? 10 10mo
+45 Moving from direct to co investing 47 10mo
+20 Post PE 12 10mo
+9 Advice for moving from consulting into IB / PE 1 10mo
+3 Assured Healthcare Partners 4 10mo
+21 Insight on Denham Capital and Orion Mine Finance? 22 10mo
+17 Associate Third Year / Next Steps 2 10mo
0 Special Situations Private Equity at an AI Tech Firm? 1 10mo
+9 London & NYC Recruiters for PE 1 10mo
+53 Im so grateful for my unknown, lower-pay LMM shop 9 10mo
+10 Sending updated case study? 5 10mo
+9 CorpDev to PE? 2 10mo
+107 Ex-PE Turned Into Semi-Retired Trader. Q&A 81 10mo
+7 Direct Co-Invest / Secondaries / Primary 12 10mo
0 Banks without PCA - why don’t you have one? 2 10mo
+28 Former PE SA turned operator went bankrupt 19 10mo
0 PwC - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 10mo
+1 Mid-market Infrastructure PE 4 10mo
+28 Thoughts on PSG Equity / Providence Strategic Growth (2022) 9 10mo
+3 LMM/Micro PE Hiring? 1 10mo
+24 Structuring Fundless sponsor 7 10mo
+8 Below Market Pay? 8 10mo
+10 Blackstone Exec among the victims of Manhattan shooting 7 10mo
0 Stressed and anxious almost all the time on the job 2 10mo
+4 ANACOTT CAPITAL - LONDON 3 10mo
+3 TruArc Partners Info 1 10mo
+21 Moving from UMM PE to cushy MM IB 6 10mo
+3 fundraising firms 1 10mo
0 ZMC Case Study 4 10mo
+11 VP at Stonepeak vs. GIP 8 10mo
0 Importance of PE Networking Cocktails 1 10mo
0 Partners Group - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 10mo
+3 Eagle point credit and CLO 1 10mo
+9 HBS or GSB chances 3 10mo
0 Freeman Spogli 2026 1 10mo
0 Clearlake LinkedIn Prestige Cooked 0 10mo
+34 PE Firm Graveyard 63 10mo
+3 Blackstone LDN SA 2026 5 10mo
+12 Looking to Make the Jump from MBB to LatAm Investing 5 10mo
+12 IFC Analyst (Europe), Financial Assessment Test: what to expect? 1 10mo
0 US PE FT Applications 1 10mo
+6 Verdane Interview (and overall) Experience? 2 10mo
0 Clearlake Capital Group - Review - NA Data 10mo
0 The Chernin Group - Associate Recruiting 2 10mo
+6 IB Associate to PE Advice 4 10mo
0 Networking Ldn vs NY 1 10mo
0 Best way to craft your story for PE 1 10mo
+50 Just broke into IB as a lateral. How do plan my move to PE? 17 10mo
+16 Blackstone Portfolio Management Program (PMP) - anyone have any additonal insights? 5 10mo
+16 Thoughts on the Point72 Experienced Analyst Program after 5 yrs. in PE? 14 10mo
+10 Career Advice Needed 4 10mo
+26 Laid off banker looking to break into PE 16 10mo
0 Bonus Szn 1 10mo
0 How do you stay on top of so many deals and numbers and manage so many things ??? 1 10mo
+9 PE Portco Career Path - P&L owner wondering what's next 1 10mo
+110 Do you have to be work addicted to survive in PE? 19 10mo
+4 Pomona capital thoughts? 5 10mo
+13 How would you value a public pension PE opportunity? 2 10mo
+1 Side Gigs for PE Professionals? 3 10mo
+18 Does anyone have any insight into Apollo LA? Specifically their new alternative strategy group there? 5 10mo
+3 Bain Capital FT Analyst 2026 5 10mo
+18 Send back a corrected case study? 12 10mo
+15 Highly interested in PE 17 10mo
+4 Motive Partners (2024) 11 10mo
+3 MF PC Associate TC? 4 10mo
0 Private Capital/Fund Advisory Team Rankings 2 10mo

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  • Blackstone Group 99.2%
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Overall Employee Satisfaction

June 2026 Private Equity

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  • The Riverside Company 98.9%
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Professional Growth Opportunities

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  • Blackstone Group 98.9%
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  • 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
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