Roark Capital - Private Equity
I had an investment banking internship over the summer at a BB and have an offer to go back. But I'm really just interested in the buy side. Currently, a middle market private equity firm (3 billion USD) is recruiting at my school. I was wondering if anyone has heard of Roark Capital? If so, how would you rank them in terms of prestige? Would it be wise to let go of a BB offer in order to pursue MM PE? What are my exit opps going to be like? I would like to be at a megafund at some point. Would I still be able to make a lateral move to Blackstone/KKR/carlyle/tpg?
help anyone? lol
I summered at a MM PE firm and from talking to some of the senior folks, I learned that there are benefits to going through invesment banking before going to the buy-side. The network you create, especially at a firm with high deal flow iwilil become helpful later on when you are on the buyside looking for good deals. Not to mention that if you need to raise a fund, its always better to be well connected than not connected at all.
I am no expert by any means, but I'm providing you with something to think about.
If you think you wouldn't do a good job and would hate IB obviously don't go for it. All I've heard from people I've networked with and people on this site is that the 2-years of servitude is by far and away the best training experience to prepare you for whatever you want to go on to do (whether that is PE, IB, HF, etc).
Your ibanking stint will make you very marketable in whatever career path you decide within finance.
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