What's your background? Where do you come from

Alright so I'm just really curious. For all the people out there that got or is getting a job in investment banking, GS, JPM, all those big names, where do you come from? School, family, hookups, past jobs, your whole history/path in getting to your current situation.
Post away!

6,122 WSO Academy Investment Banking Session Reviews: 4.82/5

Class of '30 Nov 2026 Cohort

5.00/5

Investment Banking Full Resume Review

“She was great from the start. She responded extremely quickly and was always interested in giving positive feedback as well as criticism. She gave feedback extremely quickly, within hours, and was fully detailed. She answered all my questions in depth. She had a couple of questions and responded right away. She just seemed actively engaged and involved in the whole process of reviewing my resume and making it better. I really loved working with Susan and had an amazing, outstanding experience. I'm not sure if this is possible, but if this feedback could be passed on to her, that would be amazing. She's genuinely super easy and amazing to work with. ”

Class of '21 Nov 2026 Cohort

5.00/5

Investment Banking LinkedIn Review

“Aditya is amazing mentor! We spent 1h instead of 30m and we went through the whole linkdn to transform it to IB oriented. Very convinient that all messages in Slack and it is possible directly to copy in the link. On the improvement, not much to say. Thank you!”

See All 11,337 WSO Academy Reviews

2 Comments

vtech243

IB

13y

School: Hard Knocks Family: Me & the rest of the Manson Family Hookups: Emma, Hannah, Abigail, Olivia, Ashley, Samantha, Alexis, Sarah, Elizabeth, Isabella, Alyssa, Grace, Lauren, Taylor, Jessica, Brianna, Kayla, Sophia, Anna, Natalie, Victoria, Chloe, Sydney, Jasmine Past Jobs: Mechanic, Male Stripper, Priest, School Teacher, Star Wars Convention Janitor Whole History: Well this one is tougher. I started in my mothers womb about 23 years ago. I came out in the world the real son of Stephen Schwarzman and heir to his fortune. Since then it has been all sunshine and rainbows. It all ends with me sitting in my cubicle now with all MDs traveling and 0 things to do.

Reply

Quote

Report

Other

Authored by: Certified Investment Banking Professional - 2nd Year AnalystCertified Investment Banking Pro

Cruncharoo

IB

13y

Et qui repellat et animi et. Unde aut omnis qui laborum ut ipsa. Voluptatibus ea quisquam ex.

Dolor occaecati similique saepe quia qui ut. Et odit ipsa earum unde eveniet.

Non voluptas quae esse aut. Dolor est sunt sed quas veritatis eveniet dolorum.

Vitae animi et omnis dolor iusto reprehenderit iusto facere. Sit cum dicta consequuntur possimus ullam ea. Laudantium id distinctio consequatur commodi. Aliquam laboriosam quos magnam doloremque molestias ratione. Dolorem recusandae ut eveniet. Et rerum est est.

+169	Why do JEF bankers always think they’re EB?	53	4d
+93	Do people still want to go PE?	28	4h
+60	Bloomberg - New UBS Investment Bankers See Smaller Pay Gain on Promotion	12	2d
+46	Think I'm fucking up my analyst years	16	2d
+30	Lazard hirevue	10	4h
+29	What Differentiates the Best Analysts as AI Improves?	7	1h
+27	Big 4 M&A vs. Lincoln Portfolio Valuations	6	4d
+26	Ambitious CC Student trying to break into IB	13	2d
+19	Not doing well mentally, how are others doing?	7	4d
+17	Baird getting carved up??	6	3d

1	redever	99.2
2	Secyh62	99.0
3	kanon	99.0
4	BankonBanking	99.0
5	DrApeman	98.9
6	dosk17	98.9
7	GameTheory	98.9
8	Betsy Massar	98.9
9	CompBanker	98.9
10	bolo up	98.8

Elite Career Bootcamp. Top Job Offer Guaranteed.

Elite Career Bootcamp. Top Job Offer Guaranteed.

What's your background? Where do you come from

Score Breakdown

Feedback

Score Breakdown

Feedback

Elite Career Bootcamp. Top Job Offer Guaranteed.

Elite Career Bootcamp. Top Job Offer Guaranteed.

What's your background? Where do you come from

See All Comments - 100% Free

Trending Content - Investment Banking Forum