0 Distressed / Special Sits - Urgent Help needed 0 1y
+15 Management consulting to PE 11 1y
+6 Macquarie Private Credit 27 1y
+84 Why Carry is Hard to Realize 5 1y
+17 Santander is Paradise? 6 1y
+35 FT PB vs PE IR ? 20 1y
+3 Morgan Stanley Special Situations Group 1 1y
0 Cinven Interview 4 1y
+12 Walk me through a deal 7 1y
+6 Updates on CD&R OC process? 3 1y
0 Blackstone Group - Review - Private Equity Data 1y
0 Blackstone Group - Salary & Bonus - Private Equity Data 1y
+28 How to handle sourcing deal for MF PE/PC as associate? 7 1y
+3 PE in the Southeast 1 1y
0 T2 consulting to pension funds 1 1y
+10 Thoughts on "Iconiq Capital", specifically Iconiq Growth? 10 1y
+9 NYC Poker Games? 11 1y
0 Cap Table Trainings? 1 1y
+1 How is interest rate hedge arranged for a PE portfolio 1 1y
+185 How wealthy are MF/UMM VP+ from a lifestyle perspective? 61 1y
+16 Podcasts incl. Industry Professionals (IB, PE, VC) 5 1y
+13 Rothschild Merchant Banking (Five Arrows PI) 10 1y
+17 Is it honestly possible to enter UMM/MF PE from a mid bank 6 1y
+4 Comp at sub $1bn PE Buyout Fund 1 1y
+10 Recruiting for Charlotte PE? 14 1y
0 Blackstone Group - Interview - Generalist Data 1y
+9 Private Equity Strategic M&A Cases? Anything Notable?? 1 1y
+7 Billionaire family office doing fund of funds and Co-Invest (salary expectations) 15 1y
0 PE | Financing 1 1y
+12 LONDON PE Associate THREAD 68 1y
+13 Buyside opportunities after IB in SLC? 9 1y
+3 Where can I get a list of single family offices that do fund to fund investing? 1 1y
+8 Kinterra Capital - thoughts? 7 1y
0 What is the compensation for an analyst and associate at One Rock Capital? 2 1y
0 Harvey & Company - Review - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 1y
0 Harvey & Company - Salary & Bonus - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 1y
+7 Co-invest fund to traditional buyout 3 1y
+10 Summit Partners - Healthcare GE Associate Menlo Park 29 1y
+3 Consulting Style Case Study Interview - Thoughts? 1 1y
0 THE BIG LONG 1 1y
+19 Summit Partners 24 1y
+2 JMI Equity 18 1y
+4 Insight Partners vs. Summit Partners 17 1y
+13 2025 FT Megathread 28 1y
0 Conveying different career preferences to different headhunters? 2 1y
+18 Altas Partners 20 1y
+56 What happens to carry if you leave 25 1y
+3 Interview with BCI Private Equity (internship) 6 1y
0 Fulcrum Capital - Review - Equity Capital Markets Data 1y
+5 From which banks do MFs/ Top 15 PE firms hire? 11 1y
+36 Banking > PE? 24 1y
+9 Post-MBA transition from REPE (Hotels) to corporate PE (Ideally Generalists) 1 1y
+13 When you're selling to a company that is a portfolio company of a PE firm, are you selling to a sponsor or a strategic? 6 1y
0 Infrastructure Carried interest vesting? 3 1y
+24 Which funds pay the most? 35 1y
0 PE/VC Firms interested in Chemical Manufacturing/Distribution? 2 1y
0 Project Finance - Help: Economic Assumptions for Financial Model 0 1y
+3 Current lateral market for PE Associates looking to move from the West to East Coast? 1 1y
0 Offers selection: Big name PE Real Estate Analyst vs Top Boutique Healthcare Team 1 1y
+202 Having a really tough time in PE… 79 1y
0 Ares Management Corporation - Interview - Infrastructure Data 1y
+3 Low AUM to Employee Ratio Firms 1 1y
0 Sr. Associate Role - Roynat Equity Partners 2 1y
0 Thoughts on Grain Management? 4 1y
+9 Energy Private Equity Questions From a Product Banking Analyst 3 1y
0 PE internship Europe 1 1y
+9 Private Credit: Equity Warrants 1 1y
0 Career Start 2 1y
+3 Any updates on Offcycle 2026? 2 1y
0 Anyone have any recent insight into Turn/River Capital? 2 1y
0 1 year in operating post PE 2 1y
+3 Headhunter Ghosting Post Interview 4 1y
+12 In too many processes - can I pull out of one? 6 1y
+3 Which MF/UMM PE firms promote analysts/associates from within up through partner track without a requiring MBA 3 1y
+12 Charlesbank Capital Partners 10 1y
0 what do people use for B2B and consumer research? 1 1y
+1 Are management fees (i.e. the 2% of 2 and 20) additive based on mark-to-market valuation or based on the original fund amount? 2 1y
+13 Golden Gate Capital compensation must be insane? 20 1y
+3 LGP Recruiting Process / Headhunter 7 1y
+7 Declawed, defanged and neutered: how do I get promoted? 5 1y
+4 Which funds were most disciplined during COVID? 4 1y
+12 How the heck do we get AKKR to raise pay??? 25 1y
0 Braemont Capital 0 1y
0 Distressed/Special Sits B-Schools? 2 1y
+7 Growth Equity/Private Equity Analyst / Associate compensation in London? 17 1y
+6 PE Fund Specific Recruiter Calls - What to expect? 1 1y
+11 High Performing LMMs (by Geo) 6 1y
0 Anyone interview with the Alleghany Corporation 1 1y
0 BlackRock - Review - Leveraged Finance Data 1y
+4 Move back to Singapore / HK for PE 4 1y
+6 Neuberger Berman PE Interview 6 1y
+1 Updated views on Lindsay Goldberg 3 1y
0 What to expect from Warburg Pincus in-person Insight Series? 1 1y
0 Investor Relations or Sales & Trading 1 1y
+3 Bain Europe 5 1y
0 Evercore - Salary & Bonus - Secondaries Data 1y
+10 Attention HEALTHCARE & LIFE SCIENCES sector professionals . What are the promising sectors driving m&a activity for lower mid market investment banks? 4 1y
0 What % of PE portfolio co’s are overvalued garbage? 0 1y
+20 Just how big does managing partner (not founder) carry get at PE firms? 9 1y
0 Are Growth Firms Doing On-Cycle? 3 1y

Career Advancement Opportunities

June 2026 Private Equity

  • The Riverside Company 99.6%
  • Blackstone Group 99.3%
  • 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 99.3%
  • 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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