Also called: Private Equity Secondaries Associate
Buys stakes in private equity funds or companies from investors who want to cash out early.
A pension wants to sell its stakes in 30 funds. You value each one, negotiate a price and close a $400 million purchase.
Includes bonus.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Bachelor's degree (4-year), about 6 years after high school. Bachelor's in finance; often ex-investment banking or audit.
Ways in: 4-year college, Graduate school. Training cost: $15k – $60k.
Majors to look at: Finance, Accounting.
Growing much faster than average. One of the fastest-growing parts of private markets.
Low risk in 5 years, medium in 10. Secondaries are one of the fastest-growing corners of private markets; AI speeds pricing but deal judgment stays human.
Classes: AP Statistics, Accounting, AP Macroeconomics, AP Calculus.
Official data: O*NET occupation 13-2051.
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