Interesting job with high turnover - Associate Kingfish Group Employee Review

3.0
21 Apr 2026
Recommend
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Pros

- the people that work here care about each other - cool to interact face to face with the decision makers at private equity firms - not much weekend work (1-3 hours each weekend) - talking to executives and having a client facing role keeps things interesting - more flexibility than working in private equity (but the comp is a fraction of the comp)

Cons

- small & young team causes fair amount of gossip - basically an expert network that finds higher tier executives - monotonous work that is not automated - the better you are, the more work you get - lot of churn (handful of people leaving each year) and management doesn't plan ahead so we're always understaffed - expect 60-70 hour weeks - constantly being asked to do more so it's hard to feel motivated to stay. it feels like most people here are unhappy

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5.0
4 Jan 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Love working at Kingfish mostly because of the people. Everyone is incredibly smart, friendly, and helpful. Team always gets creative as to how to approach and solve new problems and add value to our team and our partners. I've never had managers / teammates be so invested in my personal growth as well as the company's. It's also great to be able to learn about so many new industries on the daily and learn from folks that are so tenured and successful in their careers.

Cons

Not a lot of cons here, perhaps the one thing is not getting to work with many colleagues in person, but we do see everyone at least once a year and have office spaces for folks in the city.

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2.0
28 Nov 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

- Some fun people to work with and on-site events - Ability to learn about a large variety of industry’s and meet interesting people

Cons

- Company position’s itself as a “Private Equity” fund but in reality serves solely as an executive network - Monotonous work, with limited learning opportunities - Misguided management who don’t manage down well or set up effective project management systems - The job requires you to constantly lie to Ex-CXO’s and position Kingfish as a PE fund, when in reality you are only on the phone with them to extort information - Poor compensation structures and limited exit opportunities - Extreme internal politics

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