Acquisitions VP Salary - Sourcing/Closing

How much is an acquisitions VP's salary based on sourcing/closing deals? I would assume it could be significantly higher than base depending on the volume of deals, but could anyone give a range? Would it be based on a percentage of purchase price or do most firms compensate a VP based on a flat fee per acquisition?

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drakedraco

How much is an acquisitions VP's salary based on sourcing/closing deals? I would assume it could be significantly higher than base depending on the volume of deals, but could anyone give a range? Would it be based on a percentage of purchase price or do most firms compensate a VP based on a flat fee per acquisition?

i don't think you understand the definition of "base" or "salary"
 
Funniest

A million dollars isn't a lot of money these days, Virtucon makes over $100 billion dollars a year...

 
pe_re24

1 million dollars

I would not be surprised if an acq VP at, say, Oaktree took home over 1m all-in (obv after bonus) in a great year. Granted, that is an opportunistic megafund littered with HBS grads, GS alumni, etc...
 
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It's going to be different from firm to firm and whether you are talking about fund/REIT/REPE/private investor, etc. I work for a private investor with $7B in AUM. Capital is coming primarily from the principals with some JV equity partners on occasion. These guys never give pieces of equity or income participation to the acquisitions guys. Acquisitions guys negotiate a bonus paid at closing as a Buyer Cost depending on deal size and level of participation. Generally, that is paid only to one guy who was the lead. Other members of the team will see their annual bonus fluctuate based on deal flow, but where I work, that annual bonus is not too big (20-25% of base). My situation may or may not be typical of these family-run operations, though. I have seen the lead acquisitions guys get $75-$100k though, on deal size of $150-300M.

 

If it's a shop where you get promote at the VP level then the all in comp will be lower for obvious reasons. If you back into what you can possibly make on the promote then you figure out what the all in comp should be versus institutional work. Where you'd probably be all in at 225 to 300 with large variance due to locations. Its cheap to live in Dallas versus San Fran or NYC. So the non answer is it depends.

 
pe_re24

Yes @JimboUSC

Oops. Guess I am an idiot.

Honestly, someone who would know and someone who I trust had told me that oaktree was offering 300 all-in pre-MBA. 350k for a VP at a place like that or BX seems awfully low, but whatever, guess I will just shut up.

 

I would wager that no VP-level acquisitions guys anywhere make $1M+. What others have said sounds abut right, $250-300k all in.

 

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