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Top private equity firms set aside more than twice as much to pay each employee last year than leading investment banks, underscoring the shift of power and money towards the less regulated corner of Wall Street.
Flush with profits from buoyant equity markets, Blackstone, KKR and Carlyle Group earmarked $2mn in total pay and benefits per employee in 2021, according to calculations by the Financial Times. That figure was at least twice as high as the per-employee amount set aside at Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley and the corporate and investment banking arm of JPMorgan Chase, which have much larger headcounts.
Private equity firms are now far more valuable per employee than their investment banking rivals. Blackstone now has a $150bn market capitalisation, or about $39mn per employee, while KKR's $58bn capitalisation equates to about $32mn per employee. Goldman has a $121bn market capitalisation, or $2.8mn per employee.
Collectively, the five largest public PE firms, a group that includes Apollo and Ares, recorded pay and benefits of $23.2bn for about 11,700 combined staff. By contrast, Goldman Sachs set aside nearly $18bn for its 43,900 workers, or about $400,000 per employee.
Private equity firms are now far more valuable per employee than their investment banking rivals. Blackstone now has a $150bn market capitalisation, or about $39mn per employee, while KKR's $58bn capitalisation equates to about $32mn per employee. Goldman has a $121bn market capitalisation, or $2.8mn per employee.
Read the whole piece here: https://www.ft.com/content/df74c731-4d50-4420-8380-c83205c4c055
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