2026 UPDATED CALIFORNIA (SF/Menlo/LA) PRESTIGE RANKING

S++ : Q, GS TMT

S+ : MOE LA, MS Menlo, EVR Menlo, CVP SF (HC)

S : JPM SF, MS SF (HC) 

A: Citi SF, MOE SF, LAZ SF

B: BofA Palo, PWP LA, CVP Palo Alto, HL LA RX

C: Rothschild LA, JEFF SF, Tidal, BofA LA, PJT SF

D : Barclays Menlo, William Blair SF, , Liontree SF, Ducera LA RX, PWP SF

F: RBC SF, DB SF, Santander LA, WF LA, GHL SF, Nomura SF, UBS SF

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Typical inaccurate post made by a college freshman. UBS LA doesn’t even exist anymore. Remaining team of FT/Interns got absorbed into WF LA.

 

Terrible attention to detail, you have MOE SF twice. MOE SF sucks to work for. Nobody's heard of Roth LA, there's like 6 people.

Citi, BofA, WB, PWP should be on the same tier. 

Have also heard BofA west coast offices have decent culture and hours with fine exits. Barclays, RBC, Santander also decent. 

 

Exits are going to be more or less the same across the top groups (GS TMT, MS Menlo, EVR Menlo, JPM SF (caveat that they have a large class so it can wary). Leaving out Q, as for the most part they don't look to exit

 

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Exits are going to be more or less the same across the top groups (GS TMT, MS Menlo, EVR Menlo, JPM SF (caveat that they have a large class so it can wary). Leaving out Q, as for the most part they don't look to exit

congrats on JPM SF (ECM)

 

Here are actual accurate rankings as someone in the Bay Area scene, its honestly pretty equal (all mid) besides the big 3. These are mostly based on tech groups with some HC bankers scattered in. Happy to answer questions abt any of the groups.

Q, GS TMT, MS Menlo
-- (big gap)
CVP HC, EVR Menlo, JPM SF, MOE LA
-- (another sizeable gap)
LAZ SF, CVP PA (Tech) , MOE SF, Citi SF, HL RX
-- (small gap)
PWP SF/LA, PJT SF, BofA PA, Barc SF, JEFF SF
-- (tier below are all very solid still)
WB, Liontree, Tidal, WF, PS, ROTH LA, GHL SF
-- (ass)
UBS, FTP, RBC, DB, BofA MM, Rest

 

Congrats on MOE SF! That place is a notch below JPM SF in terms of deal flow quality, not sure why you even bring this up

Also, CVP Tech is in Menlo not SF

 

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