Infographic: PE Vs. VC In Battle Of Compensation
So, who earns more money, buyout professionals or venture capital professionals? The numbers are closer than you might think, based on an analysis of statistics presented in the just-published study, 2011-2012 Holt-Thomson Reuters Private Equity and Venture Capital Compensation Report, North American edition. Partners at the venture capital firms who participated in the study earned a median salary plus bonus of $445,000 in 2011; their counterparts at LBO/growth equity shops, by comparison, earned a fatter median salary plus bonus of $540,000. However, managing general partners at venture firms actually pulled in slightly more than their counterparts at LBO/growth equity firms in median salary plus bonus, $1.1 million to 1.0 million. Click through to see an infographic comparing compensation for these and six other common positions.</
