PRIVATE EQUITY DIVERSITY STATS - As of December, 2021
This employer diversity data is based solely on user submissions to the WSO Company Database for interviews and employment during 2019, 2020, 2021.
Racial Diversity
Firm
YoY Δ
Percentile
Vista Equity Partners
20
99.1%
LLR Partners
No
98.2%
Advent International Corporation
03
97.2%
Summit Partners
07
96.3%
Search Fund Accelerator
13
95.4%
Blackstone Group
04
94.5%
Veritas Capital Fund Management, LLC
New
93.6%
Aldrich Capital Partners
03
92.7%
Grosvenor Capital Management
05
91.7%
American Securities
47
90.8%
Permira Advisers
20
89.9%
Main Street Capital
79
89.0%
Global Infrastructure Partners
New
88.1%
Apollo Global Management
01
87.2%
KKR (Kohlberg Kravis Roberts)
06
86.2%
Carlyle Group
03
85.3%
Landmark Partners
36
84.4%
Alpine Investors
17
83.5%
Bain Capital
12
82.6%
Partners Group
06
81.7%
Starwood Capital Group
01
80.7%
TPG Global
08
79.8%
LGT Capital Partners
04
78.9%
NextGen Growth Partners
16
78.0%
Pathway Capital Management
35
77.1%
K1 Investment Management
07
76.1%
H.I.G. Capital
04
75.2%
OMERS
01
74.3%
Centerbridge Partners
42
73.4%
Boyne Capital
No
72.5%
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
L Catterton (73.3%)
02
99.2%
Parthenon Capital Partners (39.1%)
25
98.4%
KKR (Kohlberg Kravis Roberts) (35.6%)
39
97.5%
Aquiline Capital Partners (35.5%)
19
96.7%
Volition Capital (35.5%)
01
95.9%
JMI Equity (35.5%)
05
95.1%
Monomoy Capital Partners (35.5%)
19
94.3%
Ares Capital Management (35.5%)
New
93.4%
The Riverside Company (29.7%)
01
92.6%
Partners Group (29.3%)
08
91.8%
Audax Group (28.0%)
29
91.0%
Warburg Pincus (27.0%)
08
90.2%
Eurazeo (26.6%)
66
89.3%
Accel-KKR (26.6%)
09
88.5%
Vista Equity Partners (26.2%)
16
87.7%
HQ Capital (23.6%)
02
86.9%
Centerbridge Partners (23.6%)
77
86.1%
Fosun (23.6%)
09
85.2%
LP Analyst (23.6%)
17
84.4%
Global Infrastructure Partners (23.6%)
New
83.6%
OMERS (23.3%)
04
82.8%
Starwood Capital Group (22.9%)
26
82.0%
Carlyle Group (22.6%)
20
81.1%
Export Development Canada (22.6%)
New
80.3%
RCP Advisors (22.6%)
New
79.5%
New Mountain Capital (22.6%)
New
78.7%
Blackstone Group (22.4%)
06
77.9%
Silver Lake (21.3%)
92
77.0%
Copley Equity Partners (21.3%)
13
76.2%
Grosvenor Capital Management (19.3%)
24
75.4%
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
Providence Equity (59.1%)
01
99.2%
EnCap Investments L.P. (51.7%)
02
98.4%
K1 Investment Management (42.8%)
08
97.5%
Trivest Partners (42.7%)
12
96.7%
Meridiam Infrastructure (42.7%)
New
95.9%
Aldrich Capital Partners (42.7%)
11
95.1%
Copley Equity Partners (41.4%)
02
94.3%
Graham Partners (39.5%)
15
93.4%
Landmark Partners (37.6%)
10
92.6%
The Carlyle Group (36.1%)
02
91.8%
AEA Investors (35.6%)
New
91.0%
Equity Group Investments (35.6%)
New
90.2%
Comvest Partners (35.6%)
01
89.3%
Volition Capital (35.6%)
07
88.5%
Constellation Software Inc (35.6%)
New
87.7%
Hamilton Lane (31.8%)
02
86.9%
Cerberus Capital Management (31.7%)
03
86.1%
Audax Group (31.5%)
14
85.2%
FSN Capital (30.5%)
07
84.4%
Adams Street Partners (30.5%)
15
83.6%
Portfolio Advisors LLC (30.5%)
06
82.8%
Roark Capital Group (29.6%)
102
82.0%
HarbourVest (27.0%)
01
81.1%
Parthenon Capital Partners (26.7%)
15
80.3%
Alpine Investors (24.3%)
39
79.5%
NewRoad Capital Partners (22.7%)
New
78.7%
Partners Group (20.2%)
15
77.9%
Carlyle Group (19.8%)
22
77.0%
H.I.G. Capital (19.8%)
19
76.2%
Insight Venture Partners (19.4%)
03
75.4%
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
Providence Equity (14.4%)
02
99.2%
Boyne Capital (12.6%)
02
98.4%
Summit Partners (10.1%)
02
97.5%
Vista Equity Partners (9.7%)
08
96.7%
Grosvenor Capital Management (9.2%)
02
95.9%
The Carlyle Group (5.9%)
No
95.1%
Carlyle Group (5.6%)
02
94.3%
Bain Capital (3.9%)
No
93.4%
Partners Group (3.6%)
01
92.6%
Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (0.1%)
New
91.8%
Lone Star Funds (0.1%)
86
91.0%
Export Development Canada (0.1%)
New
90.2%
Trivest Partners (0.1%)
39
89.3%
RCP Advisors (0.1%)
New
88.5%
BlackFin Capital Partners (0.1%)
10
87.7%
Stockbridge Capital Group (0.1%)
11
86.9%
Berkshire Partners (0.1%)
40
86.1%
Sofina (0.1%)
New
85.2%
Meridiam Infrastructure (0.1%)
New
84.4%
Aldrich Capital Partners (0.1%)
40
83.6%
Fulcrum Capital Partners Inc (0.1%)
40
82.8%
Symphony Technology Group (0.1%)
10
82.0%
Inverness Graham Investments (0.1%)
New
81.1%
Welsh Carson Anderson Stowe WCAS (0.1%)
New
80.3%
NewRoad Capital Partners (0.1%)
New
79.5%
Centre Lane Partners LLC (0.1%)
37
78.7%
Atlantic Street Capital Partners (0.1%)
12
77.9%
Riverstone Holdings (0.1%)
12
77.0%
New Mountain Capital (0.1%)
New
76.2%
Thomas H Lee Partners (THL) (0.1%)
13
75.4%
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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