The Magnum Opus of PE Exits

The War and Piece of LinkedIn... the Bulge Bracket Odyssey.. the Magnum Opus of PE Exits! This baby took a while to produce, so please share it around to those who might find it useful.

To replicate the results, click each of the individual funds below and go to the "Frequency" tab: 

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Background: Over the winter lockdown I coded a software tool that allows to crunch LinkedIn data like a boss. Using it, I am doing a series of posts analyzing the various exit opportunities in banks, consultancies and PE shops. Let me know in the comments what combo of firms or banks to do next week!  

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As someone who went to one of the shops you listed, I feel obligated to say it's not the magnum opus you're looking for necessarily and you should really carefully consider whether it's right for you. It's very similar to banking in terms of process management and considerably worse lifestyle. It certainly elevates your profile for the next role you take on but I'll go ahead and say 90% of the people who take on a MF role as an associate (and they're almost all type-a) will not want to continue with it due to it sucking. I am speaking from my experience so take it with a grain of salt but anecdotally I have heard the same from friends at different comparable funds

I know this wasn't the point of the post btw but wanted to make it clear given the magnum opus designation.

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