Ardian private equity salary and jobs
Its US postings are internships in secondaries, infrastructure and real estate. None states pay, and no US buyout role is posted.
Junior investing roles at Ardian
Ardian calls itself “a world-leading European private equity firm” and says: “We manage or advise more than $200bn of assets”. Its private equity business covers secondaries and primaries, co-investment, buyout, expansion and growth, and it also invests in real assets and credit. Its buyout team invests “primarily in Europe but also in North America”, and a separate North America Fund buys industrial and business services companies in the lower middle market. On November 11, 2026 its board listed 66 postings, 9 of them in the United States: seven internships on investing teams, a data science internship and a fund services director. None was a full-time analyst or associate investing role, and none was in buyout.
Most of the postings on Ardian’s board were internships in Europe. Its talent page gives “1,100+ Employees in 22 offices worldwide”.
Ardian private equity salary
Not posted. None of Ardian’s US postings states pay, including the five investing internships in New York. They are internships in Secondaries & Primaries, Infrastructure and Real Estate; there is no US analyst or associate investing role on the board, so there is no posted base.
What Ardian posts, by track and level
One row per track. A figure appears only where a live posting states it for a junior investing role, with the role and the experience asked for.
| Track | Titles on its postings or site | Undergraduate analyst | Pre-MBA associate | MBA intern | Role posted now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buyout | Intern · Analyst | Not posted | Not posted | Not posted | No |
| Secondaries & Primaries (outside the three tracks) | Intern | Not posted | Not posted | Not posted | Yes |
| Infrastructure (outside the three tracks) | Intern | Not posted | Not posted | Not posted | Yes |
| Real Estate (outside the three tracks) | Intern | Not posted | Not posted | Not posted | Yes |
Base salary only, as quoted on the firm’s own postings on November 11, 2026. “Not posted” means no live posting states a figure for that level, not that the firm does not hire there. No firm posts bonus or carried interest.
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Why Ardian ranks #30
Thirtieth place follows a review of this ranking by someone with industry knowledge. It is a judgement, not a measurement. Ardian’s site says: “We manage or advise more than $200bn of assets”. That figure is for the whole firm, which also invests in secondaries, real assets and credit; we did not find one for its buyout business, which invests “primarily in Europe but also in North America”. Its US postings on the date read were internships outside buyout.
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