Best PE Firm for B-School?
Planning on doing on-cycle this year. Will be going in a group at GS/MS that historically places really well into pretty much any MF. Long-term plan to go into a field completely unrelated to finance but where a top MBA (H/S) will really benefit me. I already have the other stuff such as undergrad name and grades so I want to focus on the last thing I can control which is work experience pre-b school. What are the best firms to have a best shot at H/S?
Right now I know Berkshire and Apax have really high HBS placements. Are there any other than Berkshire that essentially have a 100% HBS placement? Any in particular that do well at Stanford?
TPG, Bain, H&F
Would also toss Providence equity, MDP, and GTCR. I know a could of people at these firms and they had a lot place at H/S. I would also consider class sizes because these school can’t accept everyone from the same MF/UMM.
Location plays a role - for HBS, Boston places tend to do really well. Bain, Berkshire, TA are all “less prestigious” that some other MFs but have great HBS placement.
If you want slightly more accessible firms (just because MF/UMM is such a crap shoot for recruits), look at Providence Equity and THL. Both have that historic Boston factor going and have great HBS placement even though they’ve lagged a bit as firms
In general, yes, a lot of Boston funds place well at HBS. Bain does pretty well at GSB as well.
Berkshire and TA are not MFs. Berkshire is regarded by many as one of the most prestigious UMM funds. TA is very well respected as one of the top names in growth buyout.
Providence and THL both have ~$6B funds, in line with Berkshire. Those are definitely UMM funds. Likely easier to land than Bain and Berkshire but both legit names.
Edit: Why give MS for this?
Bain has been losing out on HBS and GSB acceptance rates, likely because of how large their class sizes have become
Just wondering - what are your long-term plans that aren’t finance related?
Does the same advantage apply to being in San Francisco for Stanford? If so, what funds have the best placement?
Francisco places insanely well at GSB— CEO is on the advisory council, and was previously on board of trustees / chair of GSB management board
how do MFs and WP/SL place?
Sorry but inexperienced question - what’s the point of B-school if you already have BB and MF PE experience?
Vacation, prestige, network, career switch, try a different type of investing, find spouse haha
How well do KKR/BX place for HBS?
KKR generally does pretty well at both HBS and GSB, but seems to have lower % of the associate class that does the b school route given strong exits to lateral in PE or go to top HFs. With that said, their promotion cycle timing doesn’t make it easy to apply to MBA (and third year associate and principal promo both communicated in Dec)
Carlyle does really well with GSB and HBS
Golden Gate does fairly well with both HBS and GSB.
CD&R
BX -> HBS if you have senior support internally.
Is this true?
Why would it not be?
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