Centerview Partners

Those who have heard of Centerview (or any of the partners) take them (VERY) seriously but I get the impression that quite a few people don't know who they are. I have heard (from a Centerview second-year) that the hours are way better than BB and the culture is pretty chill (small shop, personal feel).

Here's a snippet from a CNNMoney article earlier this year:

"Perhaps the most relevant comparison is to Centerview Partners, another new boutique whose name partners include Robert Pruzan, once president of Wasserstein Perella, and Stephen Crawford, who was briefly co-president of Morgan Stanley until his boss and supporter, Philip Purcell, was pushed out (Perella quit the firm two weeks after Crawford's promotion). Open for business a month after Perella, but with a lot less fanfare, Centerview has done just four deals, but one of them is the $46 billion spinoff of Kraft (Charts) by Altria, and that's gotten them plenty of attention with a lot smaller overhead - just four partners and 30 professionals.

"We're having a blast," says Crawford. "The advisory business could not be stronger. It was a fortuitous time to start a boutique." So one would think."

http://money.cnn.com/2007/04/24/news/companies/perellaweinberg.fortune/i...

Rockstar group in the consumer field. Blair Effron is also there.