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Early in her career, at Grey Mountain Partners, Lesniak was the only female investor. Now as managing director at Norwest, she's the most powerful woman at the firm.

Private equity-owned manufacturing and industrial companies are aiming to make jobs more appealing to younger workers through innovative benefits and enhanced workplace culture.

These women reached senior ranks in private equity, but wanted more – so they started their own shops.

The managing partner discusses what went into founding Coalesce Capital, whose debut fund recently closed at $900m, pointing out that there's really no 'How to set up a PE firm for dummies' guide.

They've broken into the rarefied ranks of private equity as fundraisers and dealmakers – now they are taking the next step and starting their own shops.

Considered one of the most influential LP consultants in the business, Auerbach sees it all in her perch as partner and head of global private investments at Cambridge Associates.

Taking the opportunity to 'start from scratch,' Kanji launched Astira Capital last year, with the firm quickly closing a $675m debut fund.

Promoted to senior managing director in January, Jamar is the first and only female senior managing director in Blackstone’s corporate private equity business outside of the US.

Glynn has worked in private equity for 20-plus years. Starting out in Goldman Sachs’ private equity group and at Bain Capital, she was hired by Advent in 2016.

Blackstone, OceanSound Partners, HIG Capital, Bernhard Capital and Wind Point Partners are some of the firms picking opportunities in this sector.