Private Equity Compensation Report 2008 2009

Summary of the
2008/09 Private Equity
Compensation Report
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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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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


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…


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


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


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%



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%


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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%



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%


Work Environment
Vacation Averages in 2007

4

3
Weeks

2

1

0
Earned Taken


Work Environment
Job Security

Very
Concerned
16%

Not
Concerned
41%

Somewhat
Concerned
43%


Work Environment
Work & Personal Life Balance

Excellent - 5

4

Average - 3

2

Poor - 1

0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30% 35% 40% 45%


Satisfaction
Are You Happy with Your
Comp?

Yes
47% No
53%


Firm Profile
How Do You Classify Your Firm?

Both VC
and Private
Venture
Equity
Capital
22%
19%

Private
Equity
59%


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%

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%


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%


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