How do Bonuses Impact Compensation for Senior Investment Professionals?

For some senior investment professionals, their total cash compensation is just their base salary, while others also receive a bonus as well. This doesn’t necessarily mean that those with bonuses get paid more. Those without bonuses might have a higher base salary to make up for the difference. So which is it? In this month’s […]

How Do Bonuses Impact Compensation for Managing General Partners?

For some managing general partners, their total cash compensation is just their base salary, while others also receive a bonus as well. This doesn’t necessarily mean that those with bonuses get paid more. Those without bonuses might have a higher base salary to make up for the difference. So which is it? In this month’s Thelander Digest, […]

Is the Gender Pay Gap in Private Equity Shrinking?

As the leader in private company and investment firm compensation data, J. Thelander Consulting’s data is commonly used by many publications to examine the current landscape of the industry.  Dan Primack from Axios used our data to examine the gender pay gap in private equity. We’ve included the article below. Private equity’s gender pay gap is […]

The Relationship Between Valuations and CEO Compensation may Surprise You

We’re proud that J. Thelander Consulting was recently featured in a Fortune article! Jessica Matthews used our data in The Term Sheet Newsletter to explore how valuations and CEO compensation are related. Read more about their findings using Thelander data below. Valuations may be starting to trend down, but there’s no need for founders to get too worried […]

How do Bonuses Impact Compensation for Senior Investment Professionals?

For some senior investment professionals, their total cash compensation is just their base salary, while others also receive a bonus as well. This doesn’t necessarily mean that those with bonuses get paid more. Those without bonuses might have a higher base salary to make up for the difference. So which is it? In this month’s […]

Which Firms are Investing in CEOs Who are Women or Under-represented Minorities?

August’s Thelander Digest examines how AUM and type of firm impact the percentage of portfolio companies headed by women and/or under-represented minority CEOs. Let’s dig in by exploring the numbers.  How does compensation tie into this? Thelander is the only firm that covers the entire private capital market from your investment firm to your portfolio companies compensation. Did […]

How is the CVC Hiring and Retention Landscape Changing?

In July’s Thelander Digest, we examine how the CVC hiring and retention landscape is changing. Particularly, we focus on where new CVC hires are coming from and where CVC employees are going when they leave?  First, let’s look at where new hires are coming from.  Thelander data indicates: Now, let’s look at where CVC employees are going […]

Compensation Differences: Venture Capital vs. Private Equity Firms

July’s Thelander Digest examines compensation differences between venture capital firms and private equity firms, particularly for lower-level investment professionals.  Thelander data indicates:  For firms with $500-$999 Million AUM, we find: And lastly, at firms with more than $1 Billion AUM, our data shows: Do you want to find this data on other investment professionals? You can access this […]

Which Industries are Seeing the Most Mergers and Acquisitions? 

In July’s Thelander Digest, we examine where we’re seeing the most amount of mergers and acquisitions and if industry makes a difference in the likelihood of companies having a carve-out plan in place.  As our data shows in the graph below, there have been more mergers and acquisitions in tech compared to biotech and medical device companies in […]