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This study is intended to provide members of our community with private equity compensation information. Please note that differences in fund structures (management fees, size of team, use of carry compensation or phantom equity, etc.) make candidate’s annual cash compensation particularly volatile at certain fund sizes. Members of our community are always able to search the thousands of compensation reviews on our platform to access information on specific private equity firms. The most accurate and efficient way to benchmark your compensation would still be to connect with a member of our team. We speak with thousands of professionals every year, and leveraging our data and insight, we regularly provide these professionals with accurate information regarding the compensation ranges of funds that are similar in size, investment strategy and location to their own.
Our compensation survey was completed by 965 private equity professionals. Below is a breakdown of private equity survey respondents by the latest fund size raised by their private equity firm.
Our compensation survey solicited data from over 965 private equity professionals and below is a sample of the private equity firms included in the study. Note that the below sample is not representative of the entire data set as over 350 private equity firms were included in the study.
Advent International ABRY Partners AEA Investors American Capital American Securities Angelo, Gordon & Co. Apax Partners Apollo Global Management Ares Management Arlington Capital Partners Audax Group Avista Capital Partners Bain Capital BDT Capital Berkshire Partners Blackstone Private Equity Carlyle Group Catterton Partners Centerbridge Partners Cerberus Capital Mgmt. Charlesbank Clayton, Dubilier & Rice Comvest Partners Corsair Capital Court Square |
Crestview Partners CVC Capital Partners FFL Partners First Reserve Fortress Investment Group Francisco Partners Freeman Spogli & Co. General Atlantic Genstar Capital GI Partners Golden Gate Capital Gores Group GTCR H.I.G. Capital Harvest Partners Hellman & Friedman HGGC Irving Place Capital J.H. Whitney & Company JC Flowers JLL Partners JMI Equity Jordan Company Kelso & Company Kohlberg & Company |
Kohlberg Kravis Roberts KRG Capital Lee Equity Partners Leonard Green & Partners Lightyear Capital Lindsay Goldberg Littlejohn & Co. LLR Partners Lone Star Funds Madison Dearborn Partners Metalmark Capital MidOcean Partners Morgan Stanley PE New Mountain Capital Oak Hill Capital Partners Oaktree Capital Mgmt Odyssey Partners Olympus Partners Onex Corporation Paine & Partners Pegasus Capital Advisors Permira Pinebridge Investments Platinum Equity Providence Equity Partners |
Rhône Group Riverside Company Riverside Partners Riverstone Holdings Sageview Capital Sentinel Capital Partners Silver Lake Partners Stone Point Capital Summit Partners Sun Capital Partners TA Associates THL Partners Thoma Bravo Tinicum Capital Towerbrook Capital TPG Capital Trilantic Capital Partners TSG Consumer Partners Vector Capital Veritas Capital Mgmt Vestar Capital Partners Vista Equity Partners Warburg Pincus Welsh Carson WL Ross & Co. |
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