If you could work at a firm till you’re 60 years old , what firm would you choose and why?
I’d personally go with Blackstone, Jon gray has been there 30 years and he’s worth 5 billion
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Ah yes, blackstone, of course. Possibly the most stereotypically bland hardo answer to this question
What firm would you choose then you real estate agent.
Edit: lol all the Cre cucks(knock off Ib analysts) ms me
It’s funny because you mentioned Jonathan Gray in your post and he’s their real estate guy
As far as prestigious RE development goes (my field), I'd go with something like Hines, Tishman or Related. More traditional RE investing probably something like Starwood, Blackstone (ha), or Brookfield. There are other top-notch names in areas a little more niche like URW and Simon Property (malls) or Prologis (industrial).
RBC, obviously
Whichever firm wanted me to work there for that long
apollo
I wanna be ceo of a major airline
FT Partners
What is that?
Sequoia Capital
A boutique where I can do whatever the fuck I want, no (or very little) compliance, conflict of interest, or chance of being in the news for something your firm did.
BlackRock
Berkshire Hathaway. You could be chillin in Santa Barbara, read the news all day, and get to chat with good ol’ Warren.
Man I'd love to live in Montecito or Hope Ranch. Gorgeous place
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Dutch East India Company
I like tulips...
Tulips just aren't worth what they used to be (cough, cough, tulip mania)
do you really want to work 24/7 and have no life until you almost die?
the purpose of working at firms like Blackstone is to retire in your 30s and never work again.
if I had to choose, I would choose some chill corp fin job in the industry (like FP&A at Proctor & Gamble / Unilever or smth like that).
A well-capitalized startup on the beach somewhere
a firm that I found
+1 for this - I assume that if I'm working at it for the rest of my life that it'd have to be at least moderately successful.
exactly. I'm very tardy on my long form post about why people hate their jobs but the main commonality I've seen is autonomy. pay is nice, but autonomy is what everyone seems to be chasing. the only way I know to get that is if you're either running your own shop, have fuck you money (which I consider to be $10mm liquid net worth, possibly $5mm dependent upon location), or have something else you "own" which could be a clientele that's loyal to you and not your firm (I've seen this in tech, PWM, certain types of consulting, etc.).
Does working for myself, my family, my community and friends count as an option? If so, maybe that “firm”
pershing square
I feel like this question should be broken down in to two parts.
If wanting to stay in financial services: William Blair
Realistically speaking, after exiting and needing a cushier role to eventually retire in (CorpFin, etc.): ExxonMobil, Honeywell, etc.
Why Blair
Goldman Sachs
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Maybe the Goldman Sachs. Been here for a while, hopefully will still be around in 40 years or so. Well respected place. Jewish origins I believe. Sounds like a good place overall. Gives back to the community. Invests in its people. Hard working place. Learn a lot. Good career opportunities internally. Nice office space and building. Good part of town. Centrally located in nyc/nj. Good history. Plenty of pros to the firm
what the fuck
Listing why it’s good career destination
It's probably sarcasm
Lloyd plz go
My own company
Akin Bay
Tobin & Co. I would like a continuous stream of Justine Tobin's fish feet directly from the source. Jealous yet?
Khosla Ventures, neuralink, or a C suite role at a biotech company
Residency at Berghain
Got me fucked up if you think im working anywhere until I’m 60. This nigga said blackstone LOL
why would anyone want to work for their whole life, much less for someone else? WSO is the definition of wage slave mentality
Working for something bigger than yourself makes you bigger than just yourself
that's the most ridiculous thing i've ever heard
Churning LBOs isn’t something bigger than yourself lmao
Finally someone with speaking facts.
The Related Companies
My own LMM PE firm. I've always wanted to start my own business. Realistically, with my background, I have no shot at MF/UMM, with MM being in play and LMM as a fallback. But if I were to start my own firm, again, the chances of starting a MM firm would be really low, same with a LMM firm, but more conceivable. And I feel like the LMM space would be much more interesting to work in
Good for you. Good luck. Happy to invest in you if I can
Start by buying an investment property. Banks give very attractive LBO financing to individuals.
Rentech
Would have to be something pretty cool. It seems fun to work for Lamborghini, Koenigsegg, Pagani or a racing team in some capacity. That or a ski brand like Atomic or Volkl. Closer to finance, it would be nice to work in corpdev for Visa or Paypal.
This is flawed thinking. Jonathan Gray joined Blackstone before it was Blackstone, and that's why he's a billionaire - literally took the reins of the REPE division right after it was founded. Just look at how much of a cash cow that's been for the firm.
I want to join whichever company being founded today is going to be a mega unicorn by the end of my life. That would be following in Gray's footsteps.
the NBA or any of the big tech companies fb/google/apple/twitter. 9-5 life, good money, good culture, unlimited pto in some of those places.
Corporate Strategy at McDonald's. I think its super cool to be able to decide what to put on their menu
I don't think corporate strategy would do this. They probably have a separate menu planning team.
Renaissance technologies
D.O.U.G., LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of D.O.U.G., Inc.
Lit Cap
Or Google maybe
Maybe be a contributor to WSO
DeepMind or Boston Dynamics
DeepMind does sound cool af as a concept, I know a couple of people there and its a very academic nerdy kind of vibe though, doesn't really sound like finance types would fit in that well tbh
It would be some no-name family office with a mandate to just "make money". No set hours, no dress code, no stupid meetings/calls taking up half your week, etc.
Some sort of cushy strategy position at a company that owns ski resorts
WeWork
My own family office
strategy role at big tech or preferably my own shop
Multi National United
Good Comp, Interesting Work, Extremely Underrated. Check the WSO Database on the firm. Its promising
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