Prestige Hierarchy of High Finance Jobs

Tier One: Tiger Global, Top Tier Tiger Cubs (Coatue, Lone Pine, Viking), RenTech 

Tier Two: Bridgewater, PE MF, Other Tiger Cubs

Tier Three: Quant Funds, Other SM

Tier Four: UMM PE, MM HF, CVP, PJT, PIMCO

Tier Five: Q, M Klein & Co, Allen & Co, Dyal & Co, GE MF, Sequoia

Tier Six: BB/EB (M&A > TMT/HC/Industrials Coverage > P&U/O&G/Consumer Coverage > S&T/ER > ECM/DCM), MM PE, Other VC/GE, MBB

Tier Seven: MM IB, LMM PE, L/O AM

Tier Eight: Regional Boutique IB, CorpDev, Family Office, Tier 2 Consulting

Tier Nine: Big 4 TAS, BB Middle Office

Tier Ten: Big 4 Audit, BB Back Office

Tier Eleven: RSM/BDO

Tier Twelve: Normal White Collar Jobs

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