The Profile of the Private Equity Professional in Brazil (Spectra Investments)

Summary

• The database contains information about 1376 professionals who currently work or previously worked in the PE and VC industry.p.1
• Senior professionals have 10.5 years of average experience in PE/VC and 22.6 years of total experience.p.3
• Seniors have been on average 7.1 years in the current PE/VC company, and 62% of them for 4 years or more.p.4
• Women are 15% at the junior level compared with 4% at the senior level.p.2
• The most probable destiny of a professional leaving a PE/VC firm is another PE/VC firm (45%), followed by a non-financial company (30%).p.8
• Starting a PE/VC career within a year of graduation is becoming more usual: 47% at the junior level versus 15% at the intermediary level.p.12

Key insights

1. Brazilian PE/VC firms have accumulated significant experience, with seniors averaging 10.5 years in the area.p.3
2. Team stability is reasonably high, with intermediary professionals on average 4.3 years in the current company.p.5
3. Only 12% of seniors have experience in 3 or more PE/VC firms.p.5
4. Only 7% of professionals who migrate to a PE/VC firm came from consulting firms.p.6
5. 65% of professionals in large PE firms who moved within PE/VC ended up in another large PE firm.p.9
6. More than half of seniors have a post graduate degree, with MBA the most usual, and 37% of juniors have a post graduate degree.p.10
7. The majority of professionals with an MBA degree (79%) are from an international university.p.10
8. Vesting schedules for carried interest appear to have been effective in holding talent in the firm.p.4