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
96.5%
HarbourVest
22
94.7%
Silver Lake
02
93.0%
KKR (Kohlberg Kravis Roberts)
03
91.2%
Bain Capital
05
89.5%
American Capital
No
87.7%
3i
05
86.0%
Summit Partners
09
84.2%
Carlyle Group
10
82.5%
Starwood Capital Group
18
80.7%
Sun Capital
04
78.9%
Partners Group
10
77.2%
Blackstone Group
04
75.4%
Fortress Investment Group
01
73.7%
Warburg Pincus
02
71.9%
Ares Capital Management
New
70.2%
The Riverside Company
01
68.4%
TPG Global
03
66.7%
Teachers Private Capital
03
64.9%
Patron Capital
07
63.2%
Audax Group
17
61.4%
General Atlantic
04
59.6%
Onex
08
57.9%
Colony Capital LLC
01
56.1%
First Reserve
18
54.4%
Tenaska Capital Management
07
52.6%
Cerberus Capital Management
03
50.9%
GTCR
17
49.1%
Shore Capital Partners
New
47.4%
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 (61.6%)
No
97.9%
Warburg Pincus (37.1%)
10
95.8%
Blackstone Group (22.8%)
12
93.8%
Ardian (21.6%)
New
91.7%
Ares Capital Management (21.6%)
New
89.6%
Carlyle Group (20.4%)
03
87.5%
AEA Investors (18.0%)
17
85.4%
H.I.G. Capital (16.0%)
10
83.3%
Hamilton Lane (13.9%)
No
81.3%
Bain Capital (13.9%)
No
79.2%
Silver Lake (13.5%)
No
77.1%
Teachers Private Capital (12.0%)
02
75.0%
HarbourVest (10.8%)
No
72.9%
Partners Group (10.8%)
02
70.8%
CSL Capital Management (1.6%)
05
68.8%
Advent International Corporation (1.6%)
07
66.7%
Chatham Capital (1.6%)
21
64.6%
Tenaska Capital Management (1.6%)
03
62.5%
TorreyCove Capital Partners LLC (1.6%)
03
60.4%
GTCR (1.6%)
05
58.3%
Centerbridge Partners (1.6%)
06
56.3%
Sun Capital (1.6%)
19
54.2%
American Infrastructure MLP Funds (1.6%)
06
52.1%
CCMP Capital Advisors (1.6%)
06
50.0%
JMI Equity (1.6%)
New
47.9%
Capstone Infrastructure (1.6%)
06
45.8%
Brown Brothers Harriman (1.6%)
20
43.8%
Wasserstein & Co. (1.6%)
08
41.7%
Setter Capital Inc (1.6%)
New
39.6%
VIYM (1.6%)
07
37.5%
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 (35.3%)
09
94.6%
H.I.G. Capital (34.0%)
09
92.9%
Audax Group (30.3%)
01
91.1%
Fortress Investment Group (26.0%)
10
89.3%
Advent International Corporation (22.4%)
New
87.5%
Centerbridge Partners (22.4%)
02
85.7%
American Infrastructure MLP Funds (22.4%)
02
83.9%
Partners Group (21.2%)
05
82.1%
AEA Investors (18.6%)
24
80.4%
Charlesbank Capital Partners (18.6%)
New
78.6%
Apollo Capital (18.6%)
02
76.8%
Sun Capital (18.6%)
03
75.0%
Apollo Global Management (16.3%)
08
73.2%
American Capital (16.0%)
02
71.4%
KKR (Kohlberg Kravis Roberts) (13.2%)
07
69.6%
Hamilton Lane (13.2%)
05
67.9%
Brown Brothers Harriman (12.4%)
13
66.1%
Summit Partners (12.4%)
11
64.3%
Silver Lake (12.4%)
01
62.5%
Bain Capital (7.0%)
03
60.7%
Blackstone Group (6.1%)
03
58.9%
Millstein and Co (2.4%)
08
57.1%
Patron Capital (2.4%)
08
55.4%
CSL Capital Management (2.4%)
08
53.6%
Chatham Capital (2.4%)
24
51.8%
Ardian (2.4%)
New
50.0%
TorreyCove Capital Partners LLC (2.4%)
07
48.2%
EnCap Investments L.P. (2.4%)
13
46.4%
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
94.6%
Millstein and Co (0.1%)
08
92.9%
Patron Capital (0.1%)
08
91.1%
CSL Capital Management (0.1%)
08
89.3%
Advent International Corporation (0.1%)
New
87.5%
Chatham Capital (0.1%)
27
85.7%
Ardian (0.1%)
New
83.9%
TorreyCove Capital Partners LLC (0.1%)
06
82.1%
EnCap Investments L.P. (0.1%)
13
80.4%
Pantheon Ventures (0.1%)
29
78.6%
Centerbridge Partners (0.1%)
14
76.8%
American Infrastructure MLP Funds (0.1%)
14
75.0%
Ares Capital Management (0.1%)
New
73.2%
CCMP Capital Advisors (0.1%)
New
71.4%
JMI Equity (0.1%)
New
69.6%
Capstone Infrastructure (0.1%)
12
67.9%
VIYM (0.1%)
13
66.1%
Level Equity (0.1%)
13
64.3%
Wasserstein & Co. (0.1%)
13
62.5%
Setter Capital Inc (0.1%)
New
60.7%
Avondale Partners (0.1%)
22
58.9%
AEA Investors (0.1%)
09
57.1%
Shore Capital Partners (0.1%)
New
55.4%
Tenaska Capital Management (0.1%)
11
53.6%
Charlesbank Capital Partners (0.1%)
New
51.8%
Apollo Capital (0.1%)
12
50.0%
GTCR (0.1%)
10
48.2%
Sun Capital (0.1%)
18
46.4%
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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