Are these IB "influencers" legit? (Defiant Gatekeeper)

Obviously theswisschris or julietmackayy/"Day in the life of an investment banker" people are not real but people like rareliquid, jayhoovy, Defiant Gatekeeper seem kind of legit? But also even though Defiant Gatekeeper doesn't reveal his face but I feel like he gives wayyy too much identifying info about himself (like saying he worked at GS during xxxx years) for him to seriously be legit

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heard he went rothschild London --> PE in switzerland --> burnt out/exited to corporate

 

He did an internship at Roths, FT HSBC LDN > then apparently FT at an undisclosed Growth Equity shop

Don’t know him. Him, Constanze , and Francesca are popping all the bottles tho. 

 

Pretty sure he was an intern at Rothschild and didn’t get return offer 

 

Information asymmetry is the business model on the buyside. Most of the people you mentioned are monetizing attention in some form, which doesn't disqualify them from being "legit". 

With that said, Defiant Gatekeeper is a credible persona for a mid-senior with a reputation to maintain. He's a decade removed from his undergrad days, there are a thousand juniors at GS at any given time, and his war stories run parallel to credible experiences in M&A advisory.

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