Also called: Business Development Associate (PE)
Finds companies a private equity firm might buy by cold-calling owners and attending conferences.
You call 40 business owners a day, attend an industry trade show and log promising companies in a database for the deal team.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Bachelor's degree (4-year), about 4 years after high school. A bachelor's degree, often in finance, economics or business; strong research and sales skills matter, and many come from banking.
Ways in: 4-year college. Training cost: $15k – $60k.
Majors to look at: Finance, Business Administration.
Growing about average. Steady.
High risk for 10 years. AI finds and ranks acquisition targets and writes outreach emails; cold-calling sourcing teams are shrinking fast.
Classes: Speech, Business CTE class, Computer applications, Psychology.
Official data: O*NET occupation 13-2051.
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