PRIVATE EQUITY DIVERSITY STATS - As of December, 2015
This employer diversity data is based solely on user submissions to the WSO Company Database for interviews and employment during 2013, 2014, 2015.
Racial Diversity
Firm
YoY Δ
Percentile
Apollo Global Management
25
98.2%
H.I.G. Capital
02
96.4%
HarbourVest
22
94.6%
Silver Lake
02
92.9%
Bain Capital
04
91.1%
KKR (Kohlberg Kravis Roberts)
04
89.3%
American Capital
No
87.5%
3i
05
85.7%
Summit Partners
09
83.9%
Carlyle Group
10
82.1%
Starwood Capital Group
18
80.4%
Sun Capital
04
78.6%
Partners Group
10
76.8%
Blackstone Group
04
75.0%
Fortress Investment Group
01
73.2%
Warburg Pincus
02
71.4%
The Riverside Company
02
69.6%
TPG Global
04
67.9%
Teachers Private Capital
04
66.1%
Patron Capital
08
64.3%
Audax Group
16
62.5%
General Atlantic
05
60.7%
Onex
09
58.9%
Colony Capital LLC
No
57.1%
First Reserve
19
55.4%
Tenaska Capital Management
08
53.6%
Cerberus Capital Management
04
51.8%
GTCR
16
50.0%
Shore Capital Partners
New
48.2%
ABRY Partners
05
46.4%
Percentile rank on racial diversity based on how balanced companies are across five primary groups: Caucasian, Asian, African American, Latino/Spanish Origin and Other
Companies with only 10 or more submissions included
The up and down arrows next to each company represent the relative increase or decrease in position compared to the prior year report. The "= =" equal signs means there was no change and the "+ +" plus signs indicate a new company on the statistics.
Female Representation
Firm
YoY Δ
Percentile
Level Equity (61.5%)
No
97.9%
Warburg Pincus (37.0%)
10
95.7%
Blackstone Group (22.8%)
12
93.6%
Ardian (21.5%)
New
91.5%
Carlyle Group (20.4%)
02
89.4%
AEA Investors (17.9%)
18
87.2%
H.I.G. Capital (16.0%)
11
85.1%
Hamilton Lane (13.8%)
01
83.0%
Bain Capital (13.8%)
01
80.9%
Silver Lake (13.4%)
01
78.7%
Teachers Private Capital (11.9%)
03
76.6%
HarbourVest (10.8%)
01
74.5%
Partners Group (10.8%)
03
72.3%
CSL Capital Management (1.5%)
06
70.2%
Advent International Corporation (1.5%)
08
68.1%
Chatham Capital (1.5%)
22
66.0%
Tenaska Capital Management (1.5%)
04
63.8%
TorreyCove Capital Partners LLC (1.5%)
04
61.7%
GTCR (1.5%)
06
59.6%
Centerbridge Partners (1.5%)
07
57.4%
Sun Capital (1.5%)
20
55.3%
American Infrastructure MLP Funds (1.5%)
07
53.2%
CCMP Capital Advisors (1.5%)
07
51.1%
JMI Equity (1.5%)
New
48.9%
Capstone Infrastructure (1.5%)
07
46.8%
Brown Brothers Harriman (1.5%)
21
44.7%
Wasserstein & Co. (1.5%)
09
42.6%
Setter Capital Inc (1.5%)
New
40.4%
VIYM (1.5%)
08
38.3%
Shore Capital Partners (1.3%)
New
36.2%
Estimate percentage of females is shown in parenthesis after the company name
Companies with only 10 or more submissions included
The up and down arrows next to each company represent the relative increase or decrease in position compared to the prior year report. The "= =" equal signs means there was no change and the "+ +" plus signs indicate a new company on the statistics.
Athletic Representation
Firm
YoY Δ
Percentile
Sberbank CIB (62.4%)
No
98.2%
Cerberus Capital Management (44.6%)
12
96.4%
First Reserve (35.4%)
09
94.5%
H.I.G. Capital (34.0%)
09
92.7%
Audax Group (30.3%)
01
90.9%
Fortress Investment Group (26.0%)
10
89.1%
Advent International Corporation (22.4%)
New
87.3%
Centerbridge Partners (22.4%)
02
85.5%
American Infrastructure MLP Funds (22.4%)
02
83.6%
Partners Group (21.2%)
05
81.8%
AEA Investors (18.7%)
24
80.0%
Charlesbank Capital Partners (18.7%)
New
78.2%
Apollo Capital (18.7%)
02
76.4%
Sun Capital (18.7%)
03
74.5%
KKR (Kohlberg Kravis Roberts) (18.4%)
06
72.7%
Apollo Global Management (16.3%)
09
70.9%
American Capital (16.0%)
01
69.1%
Hamilton Lane (13.3%)
06
67.3%
Brown Brothers Harriman (12.5%)
13
65.5%
Summit Partners (12.5%)
11
63.6%
Silver Lake (12.5%)
01
61.8%
Bain Capital (7.0%)
03
60.0%
Blackstone Group (6.1%)
03
58.2%
Millstein and Co (2.4%)
08
56.4%
Patron Capital (2.4%)
08
54.5%
CSL Capital Management (2.4%)
08
52.7%
Chatham Capital (2.4%)
24
50.9%
Ardian (2.4%)
New
49.1%
TorreyCove Capital Partners LLC (2.4%)
07
47.3%
EnCap Investments L.P. (2.4%)
13
45.5%
Estimated percentage of varsity athletes is shown in parenthesis after the company name
Companies with only 10 or more submissions included
The up and down arrows next to each company represent the relative increase or decrease in position compared to the prior year report. The "= =" equal signs means there was no change and the "+ +" plus signs indicate a new company on the statistics.
Military Representation
Firm
YoY Δ
Percentile
Colony Capital LLC (16.7%)
01
98.2%
Blackstone Group (2.0%)
02
96.4%
Sberbank CIB (0.1%)
07
94.5%
Millstein and Co (0.1%)
08
92.7%
Patron Capital (0.1%)
08
90.9%
CSL Capital Management (0.1%)
08
89.1%
Advent International Corporation (0.1%)
New
87.3%
Chatham Capital (0.1%)
27
85.5%
Ardian (0.1%)
New
83.6%
TorreyCove Capital Partners LLC (0.1%)
06
81.8%
EnCap Investments L.P. (0.1%)
13
80.0%
Pantheon Ventures (0.1%)
29
78.2%
JMI Equity (0.1%)
New
76.4%
Centerbridge Partners (0.1%)
13
74.5%
American Infrastructure MLP Funds (0.1%)
13
72.7%
CCMP Capital Advisors (0.1%)
New
70.9%
Capstone Infrastructure (0.1%)
13
69.1%
VIYM (0.1%)
14
67.3%
Level Equity (0.1%)
14
65.5%
Wasserstein & Co. (0.1%)
14
63.6%
Setter Capital Inc (0.1%)
New
61.8%
Avondale Partners (0.1%)
23
60.0%
AEA Investors (0.1%)
08
58.2%
Shore Capital Partners (0.1%)
New
56.4%
Tenaska Capital Management (0.1%)
12
54.5%
Charlesbank Capital Partners (0.1%)
New
52.7%
Apollo Capital (0.1%)
13
50.9%
GTCR (0.1%)
11
49.1%
Sun Capital (0.1%)
19
47.3%
3i (0.1%)
05
45.5%
Estimated percentage of employees with military association is shown in parenthesis after the company name
Companies with only 10 or more submissions included
The up and down arrows next to each company represent the relative increase or decrease in position compared to the prior year report. The "= =" equal signs means there was no change and the "+ +" plus signs indicate a new company on the statistics
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