Also called: Managing Partner, Principal
A senior leader at a PE firm who raises billions from investors, picks which companies to buy and sits on their boards.
You fly to meet a pension fund that might invest $200 million in your next fund, then chair a board meeting at a company you own and push its CEO to expand overseas.
Not tracked separately by BLS; figures are typical total compensation from industry surveys. Senior investors also earn 'carried interest' (a share of fund profits) that can be worth far more than salary, or nothing if the fund does poorly. Partner pay ranges from hundreds of thousands to tens of millions.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Master's degree, about 18 years after high school. Bachelor's plus 15+ years; many have an MBA.
Ways in: 4-year college, Graduate school. Training cost: $60k – $150k.
Majors to look at: Finance, Business Administration (MBA), Economics.
Growing about average. Small number of partners.
Low risk for 10 years. Raising billions from investors, picking deals and sitting on boards depend on relationships and judgment that AI only supports.
Classes: AP Macroeconomics, Accounting, Speech, Debate.
Official data: O*NET occupation 11-1011.
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