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No, it’s the same. Only the title is different.
There is a voting difference. Partners who are CPA’s get 2 votes for two entities. Principles get 1 as they cannot be owners of the entity that requires you to be a CPA. There is a slight difference but only on votes not ownership %.
Equity owners buy in, regardless of partner or principal title
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Everywhere is different. After the PE deal, baker Tilly has no buy-in and cash comp is base and bonus. All partners got their capital back at transaction date. Shares/units obviously in addition to cash comp
You’re likely referring to a managing (executive) director (or simply director); that’s an employee (on salary and bonus structure with no buy-in) typically at the same level as partners and principals with no equity (hence PPMD/PPED/PPD acronym). At least until recent years, at Big4s (not sure about other firms in this environment), equity owners (self-employed equivalent) are (1) partners (CPA) and (2) principals (non-CPAs), and they are treated equally in the vast majority of ways.
As I understand it, there must be a certain percentage of the firm owned by CPAs, but I don’t recall what that minimum percentage is (or other measurements), nor how it factors in when admittance/promotion decisions for new PPMDs/PPEDs/PPDs are made. In recent years, some firms now require a stint as an MD before they can be considered for admittance to the partnership. Supposedly, there is less “job security” for partners/principals vs directors (PPs have been “asked” to leave the partnership with no warning/basis/support).
Firms seem to be getting more and more different in this area and changing their ways all the time so you’ll want to check with the firm(s) you’re interested in directly. Including in the area of “salaries” and bonuses.
Minimum ownership by CPAs is 51%. Guess it could be 50.01%, but you get my point.