I’ve always wondered why Silver Lake doesn’t have greater representation at Tiger Cubs like Tiger/Viking/Coatue, given they’re one of the best PE shops and also arguably the best at tech, which is the most relevant sector to these HFs. Why do they have only a few people when Apollo has so many but is only as good as Silver Lake at best?
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Are you asking why there is 5 instead of 8 analysts with an exact background in any given job? Do you understand n is too small? Do yourself a favor and stop thinking this line of thinking, the quicker you get out of this mindset the better.
How did you come up with those numbers? A quick Linkedin search shows that there’s only one person from SL in the NYC office of the 3 funds I listed, and that person is a partner who joined the firm years ago so it’s not even comparable to all the recent hires from Apollo. I understand n is small in absolute terms, but I think it’s very clear that there’s some other force causing this outcome besides just randomness, and I’m just trying to find out what that is.
i count 3 current ex-silver lake at tiger alone, and several other ex-partners
One is not NYC office, another isn’t directly from SL. My question was more about direct hires, sorry if that wasn’t clear
This is speculation and most likely untrue but... Tiger, D1, and Coatue are in the same building as Apollo. One can imagine it would be pretty easy to pop into the "wrong floor" for an interview?
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Curious about this as well, I’ve noticed the same trend
I'll bite. I know six people who worked at Silverlake over the years. All of them had some sort of personal tie to the West Coast (family, college) or wanted continue to stay out there because they had started to build roots there.
If my small sample is representative, it's largely a self selected crowd of people who have a preference for being in California. Most Tiger Cubs are in New York. So I imagine that plays a role in it. For example, of the six people I know who worked at Silverlake, two are in public markets but at HFs in California. The other four are still in PE, again, all in California.
But, more importantly, the question isn't not that relevant. The reason is that if you are an associate at Silverlake, trust me, you would have no problems getting a job at one of the Tiger Cubs. Or said differently, it's not the firm that would be holding you back.
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