PRIVATE EQUITY DIVERSITY STATS - As of December, 2019
This employer diversity data is based solely on user submissions to the WSO Company Database for interviews and employment during 2017, 2018, 2019.
Racial Diversity
Firm
YoY Δ
Percentile
Bain Capital
No
99.1%
Alpine Investors
01
98.2%
Grosvenor Capital Management
36
97.4%
The Abraaj Group
04
96.5%
Alinda Capital Partners
01
95.6%
Summit Partners
36
94.7%
Warburg Pincus
05
93.9%
Vista Equity Partners
01
93.0%
KKR (Kohlberg Kravis Roberts)
03
92.1%
The Riverside Company
05
91.2%
HGGC
58
90.4%
Blackstone Group
01
89.5%
TPG Global
03
88.6%
JMI Equity
07
87.7%
Carlyle Group
No
86.8%
LGT Capital Partners
02
86.0%
Advent International Corporation
19
85.1%
Silver Lake
05
84.2%
Charlesbank Capital Partners
05
83.3%
Search Fund Accelerator
02
82.5%
Ardian
09
81.6%
H.I.G. Capital
10
80.7%
Apollo Global Management
03
79.8%
Starwood Capital Group
20
78.9%
3i
09
78.1%
LLR Partners
New
77.2%
Adams Street Partners
25
76.3%
Partners Group
05
75.4%
OMERS
10
74.6%
Hamilton Lane
23
73.7%
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
Blue Sage Capital (76.4%)
No
99.2%
Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank (68.5%)
New
98.4%
Ethika Investments, LLC (62.3%)
No
97.6%
Golden Gate Capital (51.4%)
02
96.8%
JMI Equity (36.0%)
06
96.0%
Generational Transfer Entrepreneurs (35.2%)
12
95.2%
Alinda Capital Partners (35.2%)
18
94.4%
Cerberus Capital Management (30.6%)
01
93.6%
Alpine Investors (29.4%)
07
92.8%
The Riverside Company (29.1%)
11
92.0%
Brown Brothers Harriman (28.3%)
04
91.2%
Warburg Pincus (27.0%)
05
90.4%
Insight Venture Partners (26.4%)
08
89.6%
American Securities (25.9%)
10
88.8%
Fosun (25.7%)
09
88.0%
The Abraaj Group (23.9%)
06
87.2%
Sofina (22.3%)
02
86.4%
Parthenon Capital Partners (22.3%)
New
85.6%
Siguler Guff (22.3%)
11
84.8%
Alcazar Capital (22.3%)
No
84.0%
Eldridge Industries (22.3%)
New
83.2%
Landmark Partners (22.2%)
01
82.4%
Blackstone Group (21.6%)
01
81.6%
Grosvenor Capital Management (21.6%)
15
80.8%
Aquiline Capital Partners (21.1%)
70
80.0%
OMERS (20.5%)
06
79.2%
Advent International Corporation (19.5%)
02
78.4%
Accel-KKR (19.2%)
14
77.6%
TPG Global (19.1%)
01
76.8%
Partners Group (18.4%)
04
76.0%
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
Blue Sage Capital (76.8%)
No
99.2%
PNC Mezzanine Capital (63.0%)
New
98.4%
EnCap Investments L.P. (59.3%)
New
97.6%
CDIB Capital (43.0%)
New
96.8%
Tailwind Capital (43.0%)
01
96.0%
Colony Capital LLC (43.0%)
01
95.2%
Quantum Energy Partners (43.0%)
01
94.4%
AlpInvest Partners (41.5%)
01
93.6%
Aquiline Capital Partners (41.5%)
06
92.8%
Brown Brothers Harriman (37.7%)
01
92.0%
AEA Investors (35.8%)
New
91.2%
K1 Investment Management (35.8%)
04
90.4%
Pantheon Ventures (35.0%)
17
89.6%
Novacap (30.7%)
02
88.8%
Landmark Partners (29.6%)
06
88.0%
Providence Equity (28.6%)
76
87.2%
Insight Venture Partners (26.8%)
38
86.4%
Audax Group (25.4%)
08
85.6%
Carlyle Group (23.1%)
29
84.8%
Pretium Partners LLC (23.0%)
03
84.0%
AUA Private Equity Partners, LLC (23.0%)
12
83.2%
Norwest Equity Partners (23.0%)
04
82.4%
Aldrich Capital Partners (23.0%)
New
81.6%
Parthenon Capital Partners (23.0%)
New
80.8%
CIC Partners (23.0%)
New
80.0%
Deutsche Beteiligungs AG (23.0%)
New
79.2%
Hamilton Lane (22.8%)
23
78.4%
Graham Partners (22.5%)
16
77.6%
Cerberus Capital Management (21.7%)
02
76.8%
Adams Street Partners (21.5%)
64
76.0%
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
HarbourVest (29.5%)
No
99.2%
Triangle Capital Corporation (20.2%)
No
98.4%
Providence Equity (9.2%)
59
97.6%
Summit Partners (8.4%)
67
96.8%
Grosvenor Capital Management (5.3%)
74
96.0%
KKR (Kohlberg Kravis Roberts) (3.9%)
02
95.2%
Partners Group (3.7%)
01
94.4%
Vista Equity Partners (2.9%)
89
93.6%
Bain Capital (2.5%)
04
92.8%
Carlyle Group (2.3%)
90
92.0%
Blackstone Group (1.7%)
04
91.2%
JLL Partners (0.2%)
03
90.4%
Pretium Partners LLC (0.2%)
02
89.6%
Khazanah Nasional Berhad (0.2%)
New
88.8%
Victory Park Capital (0.2%)
01
88.0%
PNC Mezzanine Capital (0.2%)
New
87.2%
Cinven (0.2%)
New
86.4%
CDIB Capital (0.2%)
New
85.6%
Star Mountain Capital (0.2%)
New
84.8%
Tailwind Capital (0.2%)
05
84.0%
Arrowroot Capital (0.2%)
New
83.2%
Colony Capital LLC (0.2%)
06
82.4%
Stockbridge Capital Group (0.2%)
New
81.6%
AUA Private Equity Partners, LLC (0.2%)
22
80.8%
Norwest Equity Partners (0.2%)
06
80.0%
Turtle Holdings (0.2%)
06
79.2%
Berkshire Partners (0.2%)
New
78.4%
Peak Rock Capital (0.2%)
07
77.6%
Bregal Sagemount (0.2%)
07
76.8%
Aldrich Capital Partners (0.2%)
New
76.0%
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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