Why Buy the Report?
In our many years publishing the annual Private Equity and Venture Capital Compensation Report, both before and after the peak, we’ve seen significant changes in private equity and VC compensation trends. This year, we see some settling in the market.
This year’s report includes actual data from hundreds of partners and employees that represent several hundred private equity and venture capital firms. As we collected the data in October and November of 2011, and did not see significant market events since that time, we feel comfortable presenting the 2011 numbers as final.
The Report addresses issues such as base and bonus compensation earned (both by title and by fund size), fund performance and its impact on bonus levels, the many facets of carried interest, satisfaction with pay and job security concerns. The Report also seeks to understand how private equity professionals perceive their work and what they expect from their employers.
Where we could, we included insights from the industry and our detailed experience in the job market. That said, the data points in this report are based solely on data collected directly from private equity and VC professionals.
We feel a responsibility to present a compensation benchmark resource that is comprehensive, reliable and affordable. We know that we met that goal again for 2012 and we hope, after reading the Report and reviewing the more than 40 detailed charts and graphs, that you feel we exceeded it as well.
The Report addresses core compensation topics, much more than just cash compensation. Some of the big questions answered in this analysis include:
• What are the compensation average and ranges by title?
• What is the balance between base vs. bonus payouts?
• Which titles earn the most and how has their comp changed?
• Who is sharing in carry and at what levels?
• How does fund size and performance affect pay?
We’re confident this report will give you what you need whether you are negotiating your own compensation package or setting benchmarks for your firm’s compensation policies.
Sincerely,
David Kochanek, Publisher
www.PrivateEquityCompensation.com
