for those at portcos in leadership roles, what do you tell your friends you do? Do you say I work in X industry? I know it’s not appropriate to say you work in private equity, but what are your options if you focus on value creation?

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Your portco does cardboard boxes? You work in the cardboard industry. You work for the fund directly? You work in PE/asset management/finance. People either don't know what PE is, don't care, or are part of the same professional bubble.
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Chill with the prestige wh*****.

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You work at the company. No one cares that it’s PE backed.

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