Private equity

You know that moment when someone jumps into a PE-backed role… eyes shining, MoM targets dancing in their head, thrilled by the challenge, the build, the “I’ll help write the value-creation story”.

And then reality hits.

The learning curve is addictive. The work is fun, intense, endlessly stretching you.

But the exit, that whispered promise in the interviews, keeps drifting further away.

What starts as a series of sprints becomes a marathon.

And just when you think you’ve reached the summit… you realise it was a false peak.

Welcome to the Andes: conquer one ridge, discover the next one waiting.

And the incentives whisper: “stay two more years,” “finish the next cycle,” “the real upside is just ahead…”

PE teaches growth, grit, pressure and performance.

But anyone who’s lived it knows: getting in is easy…getting out is the hard part.