Real May 2023 Prestige Rankings

There's been a lot of confusion recently around most prestigious investment banks to work at, I'm setting the record straight.

Tier 1: Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, JPM, Centerview, Evercore, RBC, BAML Tier 2: UBS, Lazard, Rothschild, Guggenheim, Jefferies, Greenhill, Harris Williams, Houlihan Lokey, Citi, Stifel Tier 3: Barclays, Piper Sandler, William Blair, Nomura, FT Partners, Cantor Fitzgerald, Miller Buckfire, Brown Gibbons Lang, KeyBanc Capital Markets, Lincoln International Tier 4: Ardea Partners, Mizuho, TD Cowen, Oppenheimer, Deutsche Bank, BMO, Stephens, Ducera, Solomon Partners, Truist Tier 5: Macquarie, PWP, Raine, Allen & Co, HSBC, LionTree, Baird, CIBC, Credit Suisse, Moelis

*Source: my cousin who just got accepted for IB SA at RBC as a freshman in high school.

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