Has anyone successfully gone from big 4 audit to working in private equity/venture capital?

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Not me personally but I’ve seen audit to FDD to PE and I’ve seen audit to IB to PE

I saw an auditor transfer to FDD for 6months. Finished his CFA while already being a CPA. Then after 6months in FDD he got an analyst job in PE

I started in audit, transferred to FDD and then into the deal team at a private credit fund. Takes a lot of hard work but is doable

First year associate at my firm was about 5x my starting audit salary but private credit is generally slightly lower comp than private equity and my firm is on the lower end of the spectrum as well. Most first year associates in PC all-in comp is probably in the 250-300 range. Mine was slightly below that

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