West Coast (LA + SF) Investment Banking Exit Opportunities - 2012-2017
For those interested in better understanding west coast exit ops (LA and SF), please refer to the below. Of note, certain "exits" are for non-returning summer analysts (typically, those are the exits to other IB). The list is not comprehensive nor do I attest to it being accurate.
Los Angeles
BAML LA
- 12-14: Ares PE, FFL, Kayne Anderson
- 13-15: Lionsgate Corp Dev, Dutch LA, Vance Street
- 14-16: HIG, Lyft, Fidelity M&A
- 15-17: Shamrock, Odyssey, Moelis LA, BAML FSG, GS WRA
Barclays LA
- 12-14: TPG, Stealth Startup
- 13-15: Marlin Equity, LGP, Oaktree PE
- 14-16: 3rd Year, GS Nat Res, One Rock, Moelis LA, LGP
- 15-17: TPG, Aurora
- 16-18: Brentwood, Silver Lake
Citi LA
- 12-14: 3rd Year, Rouse, 3rd Year NY C&R, 3rd Year Centerview NY
- 13-15: KKR Credit, 3rd Year, Moelis LA
- 14-16: 3rd Year, Riverside Partners, Lazard SF
- 15-17: 3rd Year, Seidler Equity
Credit Suisse LA
- 12-14: Oaktree, Luminous Capital, Marcato Capital, General Atlantic (China)
- 13-15: Oaktree HY, Colony Capital, Marlin Equity, Ares PE, Oaktree
- 14-16: CS PE NY, Ares PE, Deutsche Bank FSG, Ares PE, Freeman Spogli
- 15-17: Capital Spring, Ares PE, Oaktree HY, CS NY, DB DCM Florida, Oaktree PE, Crescent Capital
Goldman LA
- 12-14: 3rd Year
- 13-15: 3rd Year, DogVacay, Point 72
- 14-16: Oaktree Distressed Debt, Rothschild LA, Silver Lake
- 15-17: Onex, Atlas Partners
Houlihan Rx
- 12-14: Saybrook, Onex, Whalerock, Oaktree HY, American Infrastructure MP
- 13-15: Evercore RX NY, Goldman Sachs CFR Canada, Evercore Rx, Ares Direct Lending, Oaktree HY
- 14-16: Angel Island, Freeman Spogli, Ares PE, Qatalyst, Gryphon, Oaktree HY, Melody Capital
- 15-17: Oaktree Distressed Debt, Silver Lake, Moelis NY, Moelis NY, Evercore Rx NY, Riot Games Corp Dev, Freeman Spogli
Lazard LA
- 12-14: Ares PE, Aurora, Karlin Asset Management
- 13-15: Aurora, CAA Biz Dev
- 14-16: Oaktree, Arrowroot, Moelis LA, Oaktree
- 15-17: Marlin Equity, Ares PE, Real Estate Brokerage, Aurora
Moelis LA
- 10-12: TPG, Walt Disney Corp Dev, TPG, TPG, Gores Group, Silver Lake
- 11-13: Oaktree HY, Ares, Brentwood Associates, Oaktree Energy, Ares PE, Oaktree PE
- 12-14: Oaktree HY, Accel KKR, Colony American, BAML SF FSG, Pegasus Capital, Uber Corp Dev, KKR, Centerview
- 13-15: Silver Lake, Onex, Carlyle NY, Centerbridge, Spectrum Equity, HIG, Scopely
- 14-16: CPP Toronto, CIM, Permira, Moelis NY, Apollo LA, Affirm, 3rd Year, Oaktree
- 15-17: LGP, KKR, Centerbridge, Oaktree, Lazard TMT, Credit Suisse, KKR
Morgan Stanley LA
- 12-14: Crescent Capital, Saban Capital, Wells Fargo
- 13-15: 3rd Year, 3rd Year, Moelis LA, Live Nation M&A, Commonfund, Genstar
- 14-16: Tricon Capital, 3rd Year, Alpha Legal, Goldman CR&H, Rain Group
- 15-17: CAA M&A, Crescent Capital, PWP NY, Deloitte LA, PWP SF, Moelis LA, True Car
San Francisco
Citi SF
- 12-14: 3rd Year, VM Ware Corp Dev
- 13-15: 3rd Year, North Bridge, Technology Crossover Ventures
- 14-16: 3rd Year, 3rd Year, 3rd Year, Spectrum, Peterson Partners, Sorenson Capital, JMI Equity
- 15-17: Lovell Minnick, Munchery
Evercore SF
- 12-14: Norwest Venture, Symphony Technology
- 14-16: Vista Equity, Palantir
- 15-17: Genstar, issuu, Qadium, Thoma Bravo
Goldman Sachs SF - TMT
- 12-14: Andreesen Horowitz
- 13-15: Google Capital, Associate, GI Partners, 3rd Year, Golden Gate, LinkedIn Biz Dev
- 14-16: Gainsight, TPG, Associate, Associate, Siris Capital, Associate, Slack Biz Dev, Golden Gate, Twitter Biz Dev, Kleiner Perkins, Index Ventures, Associate
- 15-17: Harvard Business School, Accel KKR, Associate, Associate, Silver Lake, Sageview, Capital G, Google Strat & Ops, Assocaite, Uber Strat and Planning, Uber Strat and Planning, Point 72, Google Capital, Thoma Bravo, Associate, Associate
JP Morgan SF - TMT
- 13-15: Associate, Virunga, 3rd Year
- 14-16: London Analyst, Associate, FTV Capital, Altman Vilandrie, Gain Sight, Sherpa Capital, Oak Hill, Full Stack, Golden Gate, Arma Partners, Millstein Rx, Francisco Partners
- 15-17: GI Partners, Angel Island, Associate
Lazard SF
- 14-16: Gores Group, Associate
- 15-17: Spectrum Equity, Takt Biz Dev, Bregal Sagemount, Blackstone PE (Singapore), Lazard NY HC, Associate, Uber Biz Dev
Morgan Stanley SF
- 12-14: Golden Gate
- 13-15: TPG, Enjoy
- 15-17: New Enterprise, Francisco Partners, Sansome Partners, Y Combinator, Francisco Partners, Level Equity, CD&R, Cerberus, Stitch Fix
interesting, some of the LA groups definitely seem to kill it for PE recruiting
Would also be interested in seeing CS SF. Thanks for the list!
Same, group exits very well to west coast buyside I’ve heard
Jesus those exits - especially considering the class sizes are so much smaller.
*Altas Partners
Anyone happen to have an updated list?
This is an awesome list. I would also add Silver Lake, Leonard Green, and Warburg Pincus to CS LA (all recent exits).
Not surprising, CS is known to have a pipeline into Silver Lake (despite all ongoing issues).
They may end up not being a BB, but all the previous CS guys at top funds will still push for you as it is.
Anyone have more recent info on exits from these groups?
Any idea for JEF SF Tech?
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