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Private Equity Compensation Report 2008 2009
- 1. Summary of the
2008/09 Private Equity
Compensation Report
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- 2. What You Can Expect
• Answer these questions:
– Compensation
– Bonus vs. base
– What titles earn the most
– Who shares in the upside?
– Length of work week and impact on pay
– Impact of hours worked on compensation
– Vacation earned vs. taken
– And more…
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- 3. Methodology
• A survey of hundreds of fund managers
and employees
• Firms both large and small represented
• Responses from all over the world, with
a concentration from North America
• All personally identifying information
kept confidential
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- 4. A Sampling of Some Firms
Listed with respondent permission:
– Credit Suisse
– Delta Partners Group
– Hunt Ventures
– Intel Capital
– Kaiser Permanente Ventures
– Keiretsu Forum Northwest
– Lehman Brothers
– Macquarie Capital
– Pomona Capital
– TPG Capital
– SoftBank Capital
– And many others…
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- 5. Compensation
Level of Earnings 2007
(In US Dollars)
More than $1 million
$500,000 to $1 million
$300,000 to $500,000
$250,000 to $300,000
$200,000 to $250,000
$150,000 to $200,000
$100,000 to $150,000
$50,000 to $100,000
$50,000 or less
0% 5% 10% 15% 20%
Percentage of Respondents
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- 6. Compensation
How They Made Their Money
More than $1 million
$500,000 to $1 million
$300,000 to $500,000
$250,000 to $300,000
Base
$200,000 to $250,000
$150,000 to $200,000
Bonus
$100,000 to $150,000
$50,000 to $100,000
$50,000 or less
$0 $200 $400 $600 $800 $1,000 $1,200
Thousands of US Dollars
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- 7. Compensation
This Year's Expectations vs. Last Year's Earnings
Increase 40% or more
Increase 16% to 39%
Increase 1% to 15%
Even
Decrease this year
0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30%
Percentage of Respondents
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- 8. Compensation
Earnings and Expectations
(In US Dollars)
More than $1 Million
$500,000 to $1 Million
$300,000 to $500,000
$250,000 to $300,000
$200,000 to $250,000
2008
$150,000 to $200,000
2007
$100,000 to $150,000 2006
$50,000 to $100,000
$50,000 or less
0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25%
Percentage of Respondents
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- 10. Work Environment
Hours Worked Per Week
90 or more
80-89
70-79
Hours
60-69
50-59
40-49
Below 40
0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30%
Percentage of Respondents
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- 11. Work Environment
Vacation Earned and Used
Six Weeks or More
Five Weeks
Four Weeks
Three Weeks
Two Weeks
One Week
None
0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30% 35%
Percentage of Respondents
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- 12. Work Environment
Vacation Averages in 2007
4
3
Weeks
2
1
0
Earned Taken
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- 13. Work Environment
Job Security
Very
Concerned
16%
Not
Concerned
41%
Somewhat
Concerned
43%
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- 14. Work Environment
Work & Personal Life Balance
Excellent - 5
4
Average - 3
2
Poor - 1
0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30% 35% 40% 45%
Percentage of Respondents
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- 15. Satisfaction
Are You Happy with Your
Comp?
Yes
47% No
53%
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- 16. Firm Profile
How Do You Classify Your Firm?
Both VC
and Private
Venture
Equity
Capital
22%
19%
Private
Equity
59%
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- 17. Firm Profile
Size of Group and Firm
500 or more
100
50
25
Size of
Firm
10 Size of
Group
5
up to 5
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50%
Percentage of Respondents
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- 18. Fund Profile
Fund Performance (2007)
Up 25%+
Up 10%-25%
Up 1%-10%
Even
Down 1%-10%
Down 10%-25%
Down 25%+
I do not know
0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30%
Percentage of Respondents
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- 19. Experience
Work Experience vs. PE / VC Industry Experience
PE / VC
20+ Experience
Work Experience
16-19
Years
10-15
6-9
2-5
<2
0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30% 35% 40% 45%
Percentage of Respondents
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