Women in PE

MD and partner on the technology investing team for Carlyle, Tye is one of the most senior women across Carlyle’s entire global private equity platform.

Isaac co-leads Apollo’s foray into GP and LP secondaries and hybrid services, which the firm is calling S3. Formed last year, S3 launched with $4 billion in capital.

Kim, global head of private equity at Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, was the 'first female private equity professional in South Korea' when she joined Carlyle in 2002. The novelty caused some confusion, including being mistaken for a secretary.

Wallman's ascent to managing director at Encore Consumer Capital was fueled by her 'leading an outsized share of new deals' she says.

The chief investment officer of the Saint Paul and Minnesota Foundation has emerged as an irreverent voice among institutional investors.

A vice-president at Charlesbank Capital Partners, she focuses on technology, investing in IT services and software companies.

Alumni of our annual list of influential women in PE share what it takes to rise to elite management levels.

A partner at ACON, Kulkarni has prioritized making senior management more diverse at her firm.

The founder of Grafine Partners intends to share the wealth. Her firm's '1A' mission is to 'provide a place where women can thrive in careers in private equity.'

In her chat with Buyouts, Clarke Soares discusses the process of starting her firm (during a pandemic, no less), what it's like for a Black woman to be in the rarefied world of private equity and how important it is for women to take the entrepreneurial path.